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SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 3-11Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2003.11.002
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transgenic mice; tetracycline regulatory system; tamoxifen system; mouse knockouts; oncogenes; MYC
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The ability to model cancer in the mouse has provided a robust methodology to dissect the molecular etiology of cancer. These models serve as potentially powerful platforms to preclinically evaluate novel therapeutics. In particular, the recent development of strategies to conditionally induce the or knockout the function of genes in a tissue specific manner has enabled investigators to engineer mice to demonstrate that the targeted inactivation of specific oncogenes can be effective in inducing sustained regression of tumors. Thus, these animal models will be useful to define the specific genes that will be therapeutically useful to target for the treatment of particular human cancers. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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