MYC activation cooperates with Vhl and Ink4a/Arf loss to induce clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a common and aggressive malignancy. Here, the authors generate two mouse models of the most common RCC subtypes: the human papillary RCC throughMYC activation and clear cell RCC through MYC activation combined with Vhl and Cdkn2adeletion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sean T. Bailey, Aleisha M. Smith, Jordan Kardos, Sara E. Wobker, Harper L. Wilson, Bhavani Krishnan, Ryoichi Saito, Hyo Jin Lee, Jing Zhang, Samuel C. Eaton, Lindsay A. Williams, Ujjawal Manocha, Dorien J. Peters, Xinchao Pan, Thomas J. Carroll, Dean W. Felsher, Vonn Walter, Qing Zhang, Joel S. Parker, Jen Jen Yeh, Richard A. Moffitt, Janet Y. Leung, William Y. Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15770