Inactivation of Retinoblastoma Protein (Rb1) in the Oocyte: Evidence That Dysregulated Follicle Growth Drives Ovarian Teratoma Formation in Mice.

The origin of most ovarian tumors is undefined. Here, we report development of a novel mouse model in which conditional inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene Rb1 in oocytes leads to the formation of ovarian teratomas (OTs). While parthenogenetically activated ooctyes are a known source of OT in...

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Main Authors: Qi-En Yang, So I Nagaoka, Ivy Gwost, Patricia A Hunt, Jon M Oatley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503754?pdf=render