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A conditional mouse model for malignant mesothelioma.
Cancer cell - 1 Mar 2008
Jongsma Johan, van Montfort Erwin, Vooijs Marc, Zevenhoven John, Krimpenfort Paul, van der Valk Martin, van de Vijver Marc, Berns Anton
Abstract excerpt
Malignant mesothelioma is a devastating disease that has been associated with loss of Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and genetic lesions affecting RB and P53 pathways. We introduced similar lesions in the mesothelial lining of the thoracic cavity of mice. Mesothelioma developed at high incidence in Nf2;Ink4a/Arf and Nf2;p53 conditional knockout mice with median survival times of approximately 30 and 20 weeks,...
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