Table 1

Shared genetic and genomic features between mouse models of mammary cancer and human breast tumor subtypes

Mouse model
Shared features
Reference
Mouse genomic changes
Reference

Luminal




     p53fp/fp, WAP-Cre
ER+
A.M. Michalowska, unpublished data


     MMTV-Neu
ER-, K8/K18+, and XBP1+
[7]


     MMTV-PyMT
ER-, K8/K18+, XBP1+, and GATA3+
[7]


     WAP-Myc
ER-, K8/K18+, XBP1+, and GATA3+
[7]


     WAP-Int3
ER-, K8/K18+, and GATA3+
[7]


Basal-like




     C3(1)Tag
ER-, Her2-, kRAS2 amplification, K5+, proliferation signature, and poor outcome
[6,7]
Chromosome 6
[21]
     Brca1+/-, p53+/-, IR
K5+
[7]


     WAP-Tag
Proliferation signature
[7]



Proliferation signature
[7]


     WAP-T121




     Brca1co/co, MMTV-Cre, p53+/-
K5+
[7]
Chromosomes 4, 11, 14, 15, and X
[29]
     DMBA-induced adenocarcinoma
K5+
[7]


Her2/Neu




     Conditional expression of endogenous Neu and promoter driven-activated Neu
ErbB2 amplification
[32]
Chromosomes 4 and 11
[32,33]
Normal breast




     MMTV-Wnt1
K5+
[7]


Claudin-low




     Tumors with spindle cell morphology, including Brca1co/co, MMTV-Cre, p53+/-, DMBA-induced spindle, and p53 null transplant
Low expression: claudins 3, 4, and 7, occlucdin, and e-cadherin
[7]



ER, estrogen receptor.

Bennett and Green Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:213   doi:10.1186/bcr2125