Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Establishment and characterization of new tumor xenografts and cancer cell lines from EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  • Weitao Lin,
  • Yim Ling Yip,
  • Lin Jia,
  • Wen Deng,
  • Hong Zheng,
  • Wei Dai,
  • Josephine Mun Yee Ko,
  • Kwok Wai Lo,
  • Grace Tin Yun Chung,
  • Kevin Y. Yip,
  • Sau-Dan Lee,
  • Johnny Sheung-Him Kwan,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Tengfei Liu,
  • Jimmy Yu-Wai Chan,
  • Dora Lai-Wan Kwong,
  • Victor Ho-Fun Lee,
  • John Malcolm Nicholls,
  • Pierre Busson,
  • Xuefeng Liu,
  • Alan Kwok Shing Chiang,
  • Kwai Fung Hui,
  • Hin Kwok,
  • Siu Tim Cheung,
  • Yuk Chun Cheung,
  • Chi Keung Chan,
  • Bin Li,
  • Annie Lai-Man Cheung,
  • Pok Man Hau,
  • Yuan Zhou,
  • Chi Man Tsang,
  • Jaap Middeldorp,
  • Honglin Chen,
  • Maria Li Lung,
  • Sai Wah Tsao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06889-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The lack of appropriate models restricts pre-clinical research for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Here the authors report the development and characterization of NPC patient-derived xenografts (PDXs), and EBV positive NPC cell line from patient tumor, and suggest their potential use in future NPC research.