However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study that found that restoring normal levels of a human colorectal
cancer gene in mice stopped tumor growth and re-established normal intestinal function within only 4 days.
Insertional mutagenesis using engineered transposons is a potent forward genetic screening technique used to identify
cancer genes in mouse model systems.
Not exact matches
These findings allowed researchers to create a chimera virus: a
mouse virus with a human viral
gene that can be used to test molecules that inhibit human LANA protein
in an animal model of disease, treating not only human herpes virus infection but also its associated
cancers.
So Sandra Ryeom at the Children's Hospital
in Boston and colleagues bred
mice with three
genes to find out if an extra copy gave them extra protection against
cancer.
They started with pairs of fat yellow
mice known to scientists as agouti
mice, so called because they carry a particular
gene — the agouti
gene — that
in addition to making the rodents ravenous and yellow renders them prone to
cancer and diabetes.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a small RNA molecule called miR - 182 that can suppress
cancer - causing
genes in mice with glioblastoma mulitforme (GBM), a deadly and incurable type of brain tumor.
Moreno and his team already have shown that when cell - competition
genes are knocked out
in mice,
cancer growth is inhibited.
Now,
in a provocative study that raises unsettling questions about the widespread use of vitamin supplements, Swedish researchers have showed that relatively low doses of antioxidants spur the growth of early lung tumors
in cancer - prone
mice, perhaps by hindering a well - known tumor suppressor
gene.
«
In our experiments, our nanoparticles successfully delivered a test gene to brain cancer cells in mice, where it was then turned on,» says Jordan Green, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicin
In our experiments, our nanoparticles successfully delivered a test
gene to brain
cancer cells
in mice, where it was then turned on,» says Jordan Green, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicin
in mice, where it was then turned on,» says Jordan Green, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
«Single
gene encourages growth of intestinal stem cells, supporting «niche» cells, and
cancer: Finding
in mice could lead to new therapies for damaged organs,
cancer.»
When his team looked at
gene expression changes
in the
mice, then applied them to humans with early stage
cancer, the results revealed a breakdown of which patients have a high or low chance of survival.
He examined the
gene expression changes
in mice well before some of them developed advanced
cancers.
They then mutated three of these
genes simultaneously
in renal cells of
mice, which then developed renal
cancer.
Coussens and her U.C.S.F. colleagues Douglas Hanahan and Zena Werb reported
in 1999 that
mice engineered with activated
cancer genes but without mast cells (another type of innate immune cell) developed premalignant tissue that did not progress to full malignancy.
BCL - 2 is present
in high amounts
in many tumors and helps
cancer cells to survive, but when the BCL - 2
gene is blocked by MM41
in mice, the
cancer cells succumb to apoptosis and die.»
William Shawlot and Richard Behringer of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center
in Houston created 125 headless
mice by knocking out a
gene called Lim1
in the developing embryos.
When the team turned the
gene on
in a set of colon
cancer cells and injected them into
mouse spleens, the cells spread into the animals» livers; cells that didn't make the L1CAM protein stayed put.
But researchers will have to figure out how to eliminate the viral DNA used to introduce the
genes, which
in Yamanaka's experiments led to
cancers in 20 percent of
mice grown from blastocysts.
In tests on human breast cancer cells and in special immunodeficient mice with tissue grafts, the scientists found that both agents interfered with genes involved with breast cancer cell growth, resulting in more cancer cell
In tests on human breast
cancer cells and
in special immunodeficient mice with tissue grafts, the scientists found that both agents interfered with genes involved with breast cancer cell growth, resulting in more cancer cell
in special immunodeficient
mice with tissue grafts, the scientists found that both agents interfered with
genes involved with breast
cancer cell growth, resulting
in more cancer cell
in more
cancer cells.
In the lab, the scientific team used an approach that combined functional RNAi analysis with gene expression analysis in breast cancer - derived cell lines and in human breast cancers replicated in mic
In the lab, the scientific team used an approach that combined functional RNAi analysis with
gene expression analysis
in breast cancer - derived cell lines and in human breast cancers replicated in mic
in breast
cancer - derived cell lines and
in human breast cancers replicated in mic
in human breast
cancers replicated
in mic
in mice.
The findings, now published
in PLOS Genetics, reveal how
mice can actually mimic human breast
cancer tissue and its
genes, even more so than previously thought, as well as other
cancers including lung, oral and esophagus.
Foltz's team has also used the
mouse atlas to help home
in on two
genes, known as BEX1 and BEX2, which seem to be silenced
in a form of brain
cancer called glioma.
Case studies described
in the article show how microRNAs may affect voluntary alcohol consumption
in mice, candidate
genes within signaling pathways associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the microRNA:
gene interactions that influence bladder
cancer.
This study, which will be published Oct. 24
in eLife, and two other new Northwestern studies
in Oncotarget and Cell Cycle by the Peter group, describe the discovery of the assassin molecules present
in multiple human
genes and their powerful effect on
cancer in mice.
Yilmaz, who studies colon
cancer and how it is influenced by
genes, diet, and aging, decided to adapt this approach to generate colon tumors
in mice.
A new study backs that idea, linking a
gene that is triplicated
in Down syndrome to a lower risk of colon
cancer in mice.
Working with
mouse prostate
cancer cell lines
in the laboratory, the investigators found that cells containing overexpressed TOP2A and EZH2
genes were highly sensitive to attack with a combination of two drugs.
A study
in mice has found that variations
in a
gene that regulates the circadian clock seem to increase the chances of breast
cancer spreading.
Looking at
mice with differing risks of metastasis, Kent Hunter at the National
Cancer Institute
in Bethesda, Maryland, and his team found a circadian rhythm
gene, Arntl2, seemed to be involved.
The team then validated this finding, by disrupting the KAT2A
gene from leukemia cells
in transgenic
mice, and observing the effect on the
cancer.
«A new tumor suppressor
gene for breast
cancer in mice.»
Humans have an ortholog of the murine Nrk
gene, and considering that the
gene expression pattern
in breast tumor
in Nrk mutant
mice was similar to that
in human luminal B breast
cancer, the findings of this study may lead to further understanding of the mechanisms of human breast
cancer suppression and to advances
in its diagnosis and therapy.
When the researchers extended the analysis to a separate group of patients and
mice that had been exposed to tobacco smoke, they narrowed down the epigenetic modifications to several sites located
in four
genes that have been weakly linked to
cancer before.
Additionally, the study showed that genetic knockdown of RASAL2
gene can lead to reduced metastasis
in breast
cancer mouse model.
This system could be used
in combination with hundreds of existing
mouse strains that have been engineered to express known
cancer genes, allowing researchers to study more thoroughly the interactions of multiple
genes.
The analysis also found that a significant fraction of tumors contained rearrangements and mutations of a
gene called PREX2, and experiments confirmed that
cancer - associated mutations of PREX2 promoted the growth of human melanoma cells
in mice.
Next steps include He's collaboration with Piedmont Atlanta Hospital to retrieve T cells, liver
cancer cells and healthy tissue normally removed from patients during surgery, put the
mouse receptor
genes on these T cells and monitor
in a dish both how those cells now fight the tumor and react to healthy human tissue.
Bradner and Mitsiades had reported
in Cell
in 2011 that the inhibitor blocks the Myc
cancer gene and thereby slows the growth of multiple myeloma tumors
in mice.
The same effect was seen
in a
mouse model of human brain
cancer containing this
gene fusion.
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in lymphocytes and dendritic cells (subcellular compartmentalization, intravital microscopy, phagosomal functions), the systematic analysis of
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Aug. 8, 2017 — Using bioinformatics approaches, Vanderbilt investigators have identified
gene expression networks that are deregulated
in mouse and human stomach
cancers.
use CRISPR - Cas technology to carry out genome - wide screens of
gene -
gene,
gene - drug and
cancer - microenvironment interactions
in cells and
mice in order to explore fundamental biology and to identify drug targets and drug resistance / sensitisation mechanisms.
From the development of insulin and transplant surgery to modern day advances, including
gene therapies and
cancer treatments; animals — from
mice to monkeys — continue to play a crucial role
in both basic and applied research.
The research, published this month
in PNAS, shows that the
gene known as BRCA1 has a significant role
in creating healthy brains
in mice and may provide a hint as to why some women genetically prone to breast
cancer experience brain seizures.
Now, they have investigated
gene expression
in low - grade dysplastic lesions and normal stomach tissue from
mice and
in gastric
cancer and normal stomach tissue from humans.
Interestingly, the Salk researchers found that satellite de-repression was observed
in both
mouse and human BRCA1 - deficient breast
cancers, and that restoration of BRCA1 repressed expression of the satellite
genes by about 20-fold.
Largaespada's laboratory is working to exploit insertional mutagenesis for
cancer gene discovery and functional genomics
in the
mouse.
Scientists exploit
gene therapy to shrink tumors
in mice with an aggressive form of breast
cancer.
Researchers, funded by
Cancer Research UK, from the Section of Gene Function and Regulation and the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), have pinpointed early genetic changes that lead to cancer in mice lacking the BRCA2 gene in their prostate
Cancer Research UK, from the Section of
Gene Function and Regulation and the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), have pinpointed early genetic changes that lead to cancer in mice lacking the BRCA2 gene in their prostate gl
Gene Function and Regulation and the Breakthrough Breast
Cancer Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), have pinpointed early genetic changes that lead to cancer in mice lacking the BRCA2 gene in their prostate
Cancer Research Centre at The Institute of
Cancer Research (ICR), have pinpointed early genetic changes that lead to cancer in mice lacking the BRCA2 gene in their prostate
Cancer Research (ICR), have pinpointed early genetic changes that lead to
cancer in mice lacking the BRCA2 gene in their prostate
cancer in mice lacking the BRCA2
gene in their prostate gl
gene in their prostate gland.