2014
A preclinical murine model of hepatic metastases.
Soares KC, Foley K, Olino K, Leubner A, Mayo SC, Jain A, Jaffee E, Schulick RD, Yoshimura K, Edil B, Zheng L. A preclinical murine model of hepatic metastases. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2014, 51677. PMID: 25285458, PMCID: PMC4378377, DOI: 10.3791/51677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic metastasesMurine modelNumerous murine modelsPreclinical murine modelsTumor immunology researchPancreatic tumor modelPancreatic tumor cellsMurine pancreatic tumor modelMetastatic diseaseClinical conditionsMetastatic processTumor modelTherapy testingTumor cellsCancer treatmentMetastasisHuman cancersImmunology researchLiverModel mimicsPatientsCancerDiseaseMice
2009
Integrin α2 Mediates Selective Metastasis to the Liver
Yoshimura K, Meckel KF, Laird LS, Chia CY, Park JJ, Olino KL, Tsunedomi R, Harada T, Iizuka N, Hazama S, Kato Y, Keller JW, Thompson JM, Chang F, Romer LH, Jain A, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Oka M, Pardoll DM, Schulick RD. Integrin α2 Mediates Selective Metastasis to the Liver. Cancer Research 2009, 69: 7320-7328. PMID: 19738067, PMCID: PMC4857201, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-0315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic metastasesColorectal cancerPrimary colorectal cancerHuman colorectal cancerIntegrin alpha2Organ-specific metastasisLiver metastasesLung metastasesAntibody blockadeIntegrin alpha2 expressionSelective metastasisIndividual patientsB16 melanomaCollagen type IVMetastasisAlpha2 expressionCell membrane moleculesMetastatic processB16-F0CancerType IVPossible targetsIntegrin α2LiverAlpha2