ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Deciphering context-dependent roles of oncogenic gene fusions in vivo
Sarcomas are an extremely heterogeneous group of mesenchymal cancers, many of which remain lethal despite decades of clinical trials. A unifying characteristic in pediatric sarcomas is their low mutational burden. Instead, they frequently harbor an entity-specific chromosomal rearrangement giving rise to an oncofusion protein that acts as the disease driver. This genetic simplicity underlying a complex group of tumors implies a synergy between oncofusions and the cellular context in which they occur. However, the cell-of-origin for the vast majority of sarcomas is unknown. We have developed a flexible method for somatic engineering of the mouse muscle to model more than 10 genetically…
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