Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsies to Generate Preclinical Disease Models to Study Inflammation in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

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Abstract

Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are valuable models to study cancer biology, behavior, and response to therapies in vivo. Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive and treatment-resistant disease, and typical biopsies are often of low cellular yield and therefore present challenges for the creation of PDXs. This chapter will describe a method to establish PDX models from tissue biopsies obtained via endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration, a relatively noninvasive technique which compared to surgery is available to pancreatic cancer patients at all stages of disease. Furthermore, we also describe methods to incorporate “humanization” of PDXs via reconstitution with human immune cells, thus mimicking the immune cell-rich microenvironment of pancreatic tumors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInflammation and Cancer
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and Protocols
EditorsBrendan J. Jenkins
Place of PublicationNew York NY USA
PublisherHumana Press
Chapter4
Pages43-54
Number of pages12
Edition2nd
ISBN (Electronic)9781071633311
ISBN (Print)9781071633304
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2691
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • EUS-FNA
  • EUS-FNB
  • Humanisation
  • Inflammation
  • NOD-SCID mice
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Patient-derived xenograft (PDX)

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