Mouse Models Chart

Mouse Cancer Model Gene Developer Genetic Background Western Consortium Eastern Consortium
Breast Cancer 1 Neu Chodosh FVB Yes* Yes
Breast Cancer 2 PyMT Kemp FVB Yes No
Lung Cancer 3 EGFR Varmus NA Yes* Yes
Lung Cancer 4 K-iras/p53 Kemp A/J Yes Yes
Prostate Cancer 5 6 TAg Greenberg B6 (alias TRAMP) Yes* No
Prostate Cancer 7 PTEN Wu (via Nelson) B6 Yes No
Ovarian Cancer 8 TAg Connelly B6 Yes No
Ovarian Cancer 9 p53/Pten Dinulescu/Jacks NA No Yes
Colon Cancer 10 Apc1638 Kucherlapati B6 Yes No
Colon Cancer 11 APC min Dove B6 Yes Yes
Colon Cancer 12 D580 Kucherlapati 129/B6 mixed No Yes
Skin Cancer 13 H-ras Kemp NIH (alias p19 skin) Yes No
Pancreatic Cancer 14 Kras and INK/ARF DePinho NA No Yes

*Shared Mouse Models among Western Consortia Testing Labs


Citation of Original Mouse Model Publication

1Conditional activation of Neu in the mammary epithelium of transgenic mice results in reversible pulmonary metastasis.
Moody S, Sarkisian C, Hahn K, Gunther E, Pickup S, Dugan K, Innocent N, Cardiff R, Schnall M, and Chodosh L.
Cancer Cell International, 2002 May; 2: 451-461.
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2Progression to malignancy in the polyoma middle T oncoprotein mouse breast cancer model provides a reliable model for human diseases.
Lin E, Jones J, Li P, Zhu L, Whitney K, Muller W, and Pollard, J.
American Journal of Pathology. 2003 November; 163: 2113-2126.
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3Lung adenocarcinomas induced in mice by mutant EGF receptors found in human lung cancers respond to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor or to down-regulation of the receptors.
Politi K, Zakowski M, Fan P, Schonfeld E, Pao W, and Varmus H.
Genes and Development. 2006 June 1; 20(11): 1496-510.
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4Ki-ras and p53 mutations are early and late events, respectively, in urethane-induced pulmonary carcinogenesis in A/J mice.
Horio, Y, Chen, A, Rice, P, Roth, J., Malkinson A, and Schrump, D.
Molecular Carcinogenesis. 1996 December;17(4): 217-23.
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5Prostate cancer in a transgenic mouse.
Greenberg N, DeMayo F, Finegold M, Medina D, Tilley W, Aspinall J, Cunha G, Donjacour A, Matusik R, and Rosen J.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 1995 May; 92: 3439-3443.
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6Metastatic prostate cancer in a transgenic mouse.
Gingrich J, Barrios R, Morton R, Boyce B, DeMayo F, Finegold M, Angelopoulou R, Rosen J, and Greenberg N.
Cancer Research. 1996 Janury; 56: 4096-4102.
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7Mutation of Pten/Mmac1 in mice causes neoplasia in multiple organ systems.
Podsypanina K, Ellenson L, Nemes A, Gu J, Tamura M, Yamada K, Cardo C, Catoretti G, Fisher P, and Parsons R.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 1999 February; 96: 1563-1568.
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8Female mice chimeric for expression of the simian virus 40 TAg under control of the MISIIR promoter develop epithelial ovarian cancer.
Connolly D, Bao R, Nikitin A, Stephens K, Poole T, Hua X, Harris S, Vanderhyden B, and Hamilton T.
Cancer Research. 2003 March; 63(6):1389-97.
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9Role of K-ras and Pten in the development of mouse models of endometriosis and endometrioid ovarian cancer.
Dinulescu D, Ince T, Quade B, Shafer S, Crowley D, and Jacks T.
Nature Medicine. 2005 January; 11(1): 63-70.
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10A chain termination mutation in the mouse Apc gene results in intestinal tumors.
Fodde R, Edelmann K, Yang C, Leeuwen C, Carlson B, Renault C, Bruekel E, Alt M, Lipkin P, Khan M, and Kucherlapati R.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 1994 September; 91: 8969-8973.
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11ApcMin, a mutation in the murine Apc gene, predisposes to mammary carcinomas and focal alveolar hyperplasias.
Moser A, Mattes E, Dove W, Lindstrom M, Haag J, and Gould M.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 1993 October; 90: 8977-8981.
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12Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is required for normal development of skin and thymus.
Kuraguchi M, Wang X, Bronson R, Rothenberg R, Ohene-Baah N, Lund J, Kucherlapati M, Maas R, and Kucherlapati R.
PLOS Genetics. 2006 July 28. [E-pub ahead of print].
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13p19Arf suppresses growth, progression, and metastasis of Hras-driven carcinomas through p53-dependent and -independent pathways.
Kelly-Spratt K, Gurley K, Yasui Y, and Kemp C.
PLOS Biology. 2004 August; 2: E242.
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14Activated Kras and Ink4a/Arf deficiency cooperate to produce metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Aguirre A, Bardeesy N, Sinha M, Lopez L, Tuveson D, Horner J, Redston M, and DePinho R.
Genes and Development. 2003 December; 17: 3112-3126.
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