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Impact of oviductal versus ovarian epithelial cell of origin on ovarian endometrioid carcinoma phenotype in the mouse.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2016
Wu Rong, Zhai Yali, Kuick Rork, Karnezis Anthony N, Garcia Paloma, Naseem Anum, Hu Tom C, Fearon Eric R, Cho Kathleen R
Abstract excerpt
Endometrioid carcinoma (EC) is a relatively indolent ovarian carcinoma subtype that is nonetheless deadly if detected late. Existing genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) of the disease, based on transformation of the ovarian surface epithelium (OSE), take advantage of known ovarian EC driver gene lesions, but do not fully recapitulate the disease features seen in patients. An EC model in which the Apc and...
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