Application of animal models in cancer research: recent progress and future prospects

Z Li, W Zheng, H Wang, Y Cheng, Y Fang… - Cancer management …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Animal models refers to the animal experimental objects and related materials that can
simulate human body established in medical research. As the second-largest disease in …

Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG): current achievements and roadmap

E Giuffra, CK Tuggle… - Annual review of animal …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Functional annotation of genomes is a prerequisite for contemporary basic and applied
genomic research, yet farmed animal genomics is deficient in such annotation. To address …

Genes related to fat metabolism in pigs and intramuscular fat content of pork: A focus on nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics

IH Malgwi, V Halas, P Grünvald, S Schiavon, I Jócsák - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The intramuscular fat (IMF) or marbling is an essential pork sensory quality
that influences the preference of the consumers and premiums for pork. IMF is the streak of …

The oncopig cancer model: an innovative large animal translational oncology platform

KM Schachtschneider, RM Schwind, J Newson… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Despite an improved understanding of cancer molecular biology, immune landscapes, and
advancements in cytotoxic, biologic, and immunologic anti-cancer therapeutics, cancer …

Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in large animal models: Relevance to human neonatal encephalopathy

RC Koehler, ZJ Yang, JK Lee… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia resulting in death or lifelong disabilities remains a major clinical
disorder. Neonatal models of hypoxia-ischemia in rodents have enhanced our …

Epigenetic clock and DNA methylation analysis of porcine models of aging and obesity

KM Schachtschneider, LB Schook, JJ Meudt… - GeroScience, 2021 - Springer
DNA-methylation profiles have been used successfully to develop highly accurate
biomarkers of age, epigenetic clocks, for many species. Using a custom methylation array …

Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling across cattle tissues reveals global and tissue-specific methylation patterns

Y Zhou, S Liu, Y Hu, L Fang, Y Gao, H Xia… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Efforts to improve animal health, and understand genetic bases for production,
may benefit from a comprehensive analysis of animal genomes and epigenomes. Although …

Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling of cattle sperm and somatic tissues reveals striking hypomethylated patterns in sperm

Y Zhou, EE Connor, DM Bickhart, C Li… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Although sperm DNA methylation has been studied in humans and other
species, its status in cattle is largely unknown. Results Using whole-genome bisulfite …

Large animal models of glioma: Current status and future prospects

WH Hicks, CE Bird, MN Pernik, AS Haider… - Anticancer …, 2021 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Enhanced understanding of the molecular features of glioma has led to an expansion of
murine glioma models and successful preclinical studies. However, clinical trials continue to …

Of mice, dogs, pigs, and men: choosing the appropriate model for immuno-oncology research

NH Overgaard, TM Fan, KM Schachtschneider… - ILAR …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The immune system plays dual roles in response to cancer. The host immune system
protects against tumor formation via immunosurveillance; however, recognition of the tumor …