Héloïse Débare, Fany Blanc, Guillaume Piton, Jean-Jacques Leplat, Silvia Vincent-Naulleau, Julie Rivière, Marthe Vilotte, Sylvain Marthey, Jérôme Lecardonnel, Jean-Luc Coville, Jordi Estellé, Andrea Rau, Emmanuelle Bourneuf, Giorgia Egidy
In MeLiM minipigs, melanomas develop around birth, can metastasize, and have histopathologic characteristics similar to humans. Interestingly, MeLiM melanomas eventually regress. This favorable outcome raises the question of their malignancy, which we investigated. We clinically followed tens of tumors from onset to first signs of regression. Transcriptome analysis revealed an enrichment of all cancer hallmarks in melanomas, although no activating or suppressing somatic mutation were found in common driver genes...
April 22, 2024: Scientific Reports