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Tracing the cellular origin of cancer

Cédric Blanpain
- 01 Feb 2013 - 
- Vol. 15, Iss: 2, pp 126-134
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This review explores how mouse genetic lineage-tracing experiments that allow the expression of oncogenes and/or the deletion of tumour suppressor genes in defined cell lineages have been instrumental in defining the cellular origin of different solid tumours in mouse models for various human cancers.
Abstract
Although many genes that lead to different types of cancer when mutated have been identified, the cells that initiate tumour formation following accumulation of these mutations have, until recently, remained elusive. This review explores how mouse genetic lineage-tracing experiments that allow the expression of oncogenes and/or the deletion of tumour suppressor genes in defined cell lineages have been instrumental in defining the cellular origin of different solid tumours in mouse models for various human cancers.

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Cancer is traced from when?

The paper does not explicitly mention when cancer is traced from. The paper discusses the cellular origin of cancer and how mouse genetic lineage-tracing experiments have helped in identifying the cells that initiate tumor formation.