title: Conditional animal models: a strategy to define when oncogenes will be effective targets to treat cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oncology, Stanford University, CCSR 1105, 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5151, USA.
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giuriato
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rabin
authors.forename: Alice C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Shachaf
authors.forename: Dean W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Felsher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009857:Oncogenes / Q000235:genetics*