title: Glioma oncogenesis and animal models of glioma formation.
abstract: Recent advances in animal models have improved our understanding of the pathway abnormalities driving glioma growth. This article reviews key molecular abnormalities that have been modeled in mice, and describes major tumor modeling techniques along with examples of astrocytoma and oligodendroglioma models. Animal models are important not only for the testing of novel therapeutics but also as a means to understand the molecular explanations for treatment success and failure in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 408 East 69th Street, Z1319, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Yelena
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lyustikman
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lassman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002453:Cell Cycle; D005910:Glioma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases