Abstract
Numerous murine models have been developed to study human cancers and advance the understanding of cancer treatment and development. Here, a preclinical, murine pancreatic tumor model of hepatic metastases via a hemispleen injection of syngeneic murine pancreatic tumor cells is described. This model mimics many of the clinical conditions in patients with metastatic disease to the liver. Mice consistently develop metastases in the liver allowing for investigation of the metastatic process, experimental therapy testing, and tumor immunology research.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e51677 |
Journal | Journal of Visualized Experiments |
Issue number | 91 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 27 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hemispleen
- Hepatic Metastases
- Immunotherapy
- Issue 91
- Liver
- Medicine
- Metastatic
- Murine
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Preclinical Model
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
- General Chemical Engineering
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Immunology and Microbiology