Establishment and Propagation of Human Retinoblastoma Tumors in Immune Deficient MiceWesley S. Bond 1,2, Lalita Wadhwa 2,3, Laszlo Perlaky 2,3, Rebecca L. Penland 4, Mary Y. Hurwitz 2,3, Richard L. Hurwitz *2,3,5,6, Patricia Chèvez-Barrios *4,5,7
1Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology & Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 2Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 3Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 4Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, 5Department of Ophthalmology, Retinoblastoma Center of Houston, 6Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, 7Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine
A method is described to propagate human retinoblastoma tumors in mice. Tumor cells are directly injected into the eyes of immune deficient mice. Secondary tumors have been successfully established using both cells directly harvested from human tumors and cultured tumorspheres.
