Article
Synergy of p53 and Rb deficiency in a conditional mouse model for metastatic prostate cancer.
Cancer research - 15 Aug 2006
Zhou Zongxiang, Flesken-Nikitin Andrea, Corney David C, Wang Wei, Goodrich David W, Roy-Burman Pradip, Nikitin Alexander Yu
Abstract excerpt
Pathways mediated by p53 and Rb are frequently altered in aggressive human cancers, including prostate carcinoma. To test directly the roles of p53 and Rb in prostate carcinogenesis, we have conditionally inactivated these genes in the prostate epithelium of the mouse. Inactivation of either p53 or Rb leads to prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia developing from the luminal epithelium by 600 days of age. In...
Topics
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Epithelial Cells
- Genes, Retinoblastoma
- Genes, p53
- Genotype
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Retinoblastoma Protein
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
