New Cancer Research Model: Spontaneously Transformed Mouse Epithelial Cancer Cell Lines

The National Cancer Institute Cancer Genetics Branch is seeking statements of capability or interest from parties interested in collaborative research to further develop, evaluate, or commercialize mouse epithelial cancer cell lines. Investigators at the NIH have created a collection of 45 mouse epithelial cancer cell lines derived from six organs: bladder, cervix, colon, lung, kidney, and mammary glands.   These cells lines were obtained from spontaneously transformed primary cell cultures without genetic, viral or chemical manipulation so they can serve as mouse models for studying the natural process of oncogenesis.  The cell lines were characterized cytogenetically during their transformation from normal to spontaneously immortalization and were found to recapitulate many of the changes observed in human cancer cells such as the deregulation of oncogenes (Myc, Mdm2) and tumor suppressor genes (Cdnk4a/Ink4a/p16, Rb). Carcinomas that arise from the epithelial cells lining organs lead to the most common cancers in humans.   However, research on cellular transformation has largely relied on fibroblast cells which are not of epithelial origin and therefore, may not reflect the changes that lead to epithelial oncogenesis.  The availability of these mouse epithelial cancer cell lines should allow for a more accurate an alysis of this process.IC: NCINIH Ref. No.: E-089-2010Advantages: Cytogenetically defined epithelial cell lines from mouse that model human car...
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