Ulrike Schmidt, Betül Uluca, Iva Vokic, Barizah Malik, Thomas Kolbe, Caroline Lassnig, Martin Holcmann, Veronica Moreno-Viedma, Bernhard Robl, Carina Mühlberger, Dagmar Gotthardt, Maria Sibilia, Thomas Rülicke, Mathias Müller, Agnes Csiszar
FAM3C/ILEI is an important factor in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) induction, tumor progression and metastasis. Overexpressed in many cancers, elevated ILEI levels and secretion correlate with poor patient survival. Although ILEI's causative role in invasive tumor growth and metastasis has been demonstrated in several cellular tumor models, there are no available transgenic mice to study these effects in the context of a complex organism. Here, we describe the generation and initial characterization of a Tet-ON inducible Fam3c/ILEI transgenic mouse strain...
2023: PloS One