Transplantable Mouse Tumor Models of Breast Cancer Metastasis
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Metastatic spread of cancer cells is the main cause of death of breast cancer patients. A better understanding of the molecular mechanism of cancer metastasis is essential for the development of novel and effective therapies. The biological complexity of the metastasis process requires the combination of multiple experimental systems to model distinct steps of cancer metastasis. Several animal models have been generated to mimic the process of breast cancer metastasis, with unique advantages and drawbacks of each model. In this chapter, we describe transplantable xenograft and allograft methods to introduce human or mouse breast tumor cells into mice in order to generate spontaneous and experimental metastasis.
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Animal models can imitate the TME to provide essential information regarding tumor growth and tumor response to drug compounds in vivo for the study of pharmacokinetics and mechanism of action after drug treatment.
“Alternatively, animal models, as the gold standard in cancer biology, can imitate the TME to provide essential information regarding tumor growth and tumor response to drug compounds in vivo for the study of the pharmacokinetics and mechanism of action after drug treatment26–30.”
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- Authors
- Chakrabarti, R., & Kang, Y.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kang, Yibin
- Venue
- Methods in Molecular Biology
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 1267
- Pages
- 367-380
- ISSN
- 1064-3745 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-6029
- OpenAlex
- W60055582
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 5.94
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Methods in molecular biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA141062, R01CA134519)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mechanisms of cancer metastasis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
- Keywords
- breast cancer metastasis, transplantable tumor model, xenografts, allograft, mouse tumor model, experimental metastasis, spontaneous metastasis
- MeSH terms
- Adipose Tissue, Animals, Bone Neoplasms, Brain Neoplasms, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Injections, Intravenous, Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Transplantation, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Single-Cell Analysis, Optical Imaging
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