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A Genetic Porcine Model of Cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Schook Lawrence B, Collares Tiago V, Hu Wenping, Liang Ying, Rodrigues Fernanda M, Rund Laurie A, Schachtschneider Kyle M, Seixas Fabiana K, Singh Kuldeep, Wells Kevin D, Walters Eric M, Prather Randall S, Counter Christopher M
Abstract excerpt
The large size of the pig and its similarity in anatomy, physiology, metabolism, and genetics to humans make it an ideal platform to develop a genetically defined, large animal model of cancer. To this end, we created a transgenic "oncopig" line encoding Cre recombinase inducible porcine transgenes encoding KRASG12D and TP53R167H, which represent a commonly mutated oncogene and tumor suppressor in human cancers,...
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