Abstract
Orthotopic mouse models of urothelial cancer are essential for testing novel therapies and molecular manipulations of cell lines in vivo. These models are either established by orthotopic inoculation of human (xenograft models) or murine tumor cells (syngeneic models) in immunocompromised or immune competent mice. Current techniques rely on inoculation by intravesical instillation or direct injection into the bladder wall. Alternative models include the induction of murine bladder tumors by chemical carcinogens (BBN) or genetic engineering (GEM).
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Jäger, W., Moskalev, I., Raven, P., Goriki, A., Bidnur, S., Black, P.C. (2018). Orthotopic Mouse Models of Urothelial Cancer. In: Schulz, W., Hoffmann, M., Niegisch, G. (eds) Urothelial Carcinoma. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1655. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7234-0_15
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