Different Oncogenes and Reproductive Histories Shape the Progression of Distinct Premalignant Clones in Multistage Mouse Breast Cancer Models
pubmed: wnt1 2024-05-26
Summary:
A remote carcinogen exposure can predispose to breast cancer onset decades later, suggesting carcinogen-induced mutations generate long-lived premalignant clones. How subsequent events influence the progression of specific premalignant clones remains poorly understood. Here, we generated multistage mouse models of mammary carcinogenesis by combining chemical carcinogen exposure [using 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA)] with transgenes that enable inducible expression of one of two clinically...