Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Multicolor lineage tracing reveals clonal architecture and dynamics in colon cancer

  • Sebastian Lamprecht,
  • Eva Marina Schmidt,
  • Cristina Blaj,
  • Heiko Hermeking,
  • Andreas Jung,
  • Thomas Kirchner,
  • David Horst

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00976-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The clonal architecture of colon cancer and the relevance of tumor cell subpopulations for clonal outgrowth are poorly understood. Here, the authors describe the clonal architecture and dynamics in human colon cancer by using a multicolor lineage tracing approach in colon cancer xenografts.