Shared hotspot mutations in oncogenes position dogs as an unparalleled comparative model for precision therapeutics

L Rodrigues, J Watson, Y Feng, B Lewis, G Harvey… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Naturally occurring canine cancers have remarkable similarities to their human counterparts.
To better understand these similarities, we investigated 671 client-owned dogs from 96 …

Updates in Osteosarcoma

JN Bryan - Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, 2024 - vetsmall.theclinics.com
Clinical care of osteosarcoma (OSA) in companion dogs has been relatively static during the
past 20 years. The disease of OSA can be described as one of “life and limb.” The limb pain …

Bringing the Genomic Revolution to Comparative Oncology: Human and Dog Cancers

JA Cahill, LA Smith, S Gottipati… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dogs are humanity's oldest friend, the first species we domesticated 20,000–40,000 years
ago. In this unequaled collaboration, dogs have inadvertently but serendipitously been …

Transcriptional profiling of canine osteosarcoma identifies prognostic gene expression signatures with translational value for humans

JD Mannheimer, G Tawa, D Gerhold, J Braisted… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Canine osteosarcoma is increasingly recognized as an informative model for human
osteosarcoma. Here we show in one of the largest clinically annotated canine osteosarcoma …

Novel genomic prognostic biomarkers for dogs with cancer

E Chon, S Sakthikumar, M Tang… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Growing evidence from dogs and humans supports the abundance of mutation‐
based biomarkers in tumors of dogs. Increasing the use of clinical genomic diagnostic …

Patterns of metastatic progression and association with clinical outcomes in canine osteosarcoma: A necropsy study of 83 dogs

KI Silver, S Patkar, C Mazcko, EP Berger… - Veterinary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Osteosarcoma is a highly metastatic primary bone tumour that occurs spontaneously in both
pet dogs and humans. Patterns of metastasis to organs beyond the most common site (lung) …

The genomic landscape of canine osteosarcoma cell lines reveals conserved structural complexity and pathway alterations

K Megquier, J Turner-Maier, K Morrill, X Li, J Johnson… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The characterization of immortalized canine osteosarcoma (OS) cell lines used for research
has historically been based on phenotypic features such as cellular morphology and …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive Analysis of Microsatellite Instability in Canine Cancers: Implications for Comparative Oncology and Personalized Veterinary Medicine

E Mazzone, L Aresu - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This research aims to address the significant knowledge gap regarding
microsatellite instability (MSI) in canine cancers. While MSI has been extensively studied in …

Cracking the code: deciphering the role of the tumor microenvironment in osteosarcoma metastasis

J Jin, J Cong, S Lei, Q Zhang, X Zhong, Y Su… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common malignant bone tumor in children and adolescents.
It is characterized by a rapid progression, poor prognosis, and early pulmonary metastasis …

Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery

S Simpson, AA Rizvanov, JN Jeyapalan… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a leading cause of non-communicable morbidity and mortality throughout the
world, similarly, in dogs, the most frequent cause of mortality is tumors. Some types of …