Melanoma models
Example: Human LOX-1-GFP melanoma metastasized to lung (A), lymp node (B), bone (C) and adrenal gland (D) of nude mouse.

 

 

Features
  • Orthotopic transplantation of intact tissue
  • Metastatic sites
    • lymph nodes
    • lung
    • skeleton
    • brain
    • kidney adrenal glands
  • Green Fluorescent Protein expression

1. Yang, M., Jiang, P., An, Z., Baranov, E., Li, L., Hasegawa, S., Al-Tuwaijri, M., Chishima, T., Shimada, H., Moossa, A.R., Hoffman, R.M. Genetically fluorescent melanoma bone and organ metastasis models. Clinical Cancer Res. 5, 3549-3559, 1999.

 

ORGAN SPECIFIC MODELS