Article
Multicolour lineage tracing reveals clonal dynamics of squamous carcinoma evolution from initiation to metastasis.
Nature cell biology - 1 Jun 2018
Reeves Melissa Q, Kandyba Eve, Harris Sophie, Del Rosario Reyno, Balmain Allan
Abstract excerpt
Tumour cells are subjected to evolutionary selection pressures during progression from initiation to metastasis. We analysed the clonal evolution of squamous skin carcinomas induced by DMBA/TPA treatment using the K5CreER-Confetti mouse and stage-specific lineage tracing. We show that benign tumours are polyclonal, but only one population contains the Hras driver mutation. Thus, benign papillomas are monoclonal...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
