Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Landscapes of cellular phenotypic diversity in breast cancer xenografts and their impact on drug response

  • Dimitra Georgopoulou,
  • Maurizio Callari,
  • Oscar M. Rueda,
  • Abigail Shea,
  • Alistair Martin,
  • Agnese Giovannetti,
  • Fatime Qosaj,
  • Ali Dariush,
  • Suet-Feung Chin,
  • Larissa S. Carnevalli,
  • Elena Provenzano,
  • Wendy Greenwood,
  • Giulia Lerda,
  • Elham Esmaeilishirazifard,
  • Martin O’Reilly,
  • Violeta Serra,
  • Dario Bressan,
  • IMAXT Consortium,
  • Gordon B. Mills,
  • H. Raza Ali,
  • Sabina S. Cosulich,
  • Gregory J. Hannon,
  • Alejandra Bruna,
  • Carlos Caldas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22303-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The heterogeneity of breast cancer has a major role in drug response and resistance. In this study, the authors use patient-derived tumour xenografts as a platform for drug testing and correlation with single-cell proteomic phenotypes characterized by mass cytometry.