Modeling Specific Aneuploidies: from Karyotype Manipulations to Biological Insights

Overview

Journal Chromosome Res

Date 2023 Aug 28

PMID 37640903

Authors

My Anh Truong

Paula Cane-Gasull

Susanne M A Lens

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Abstract

An abnormal chromosome number, or aneuploidy, underlies developmental disorders and is a common feature of cancer, with different cancer types exhibiting distinct patterns of chromosomal gains and losses. To understand how specific aneuploidies emerge in certain tissues and how they contribute to disease development, various methods have been developed to alter the karyotype of mammalian cells and mice. In this review, we provide an overview of both classic and novel strategies for inducing or selecting specific chromosomal gains and losses in human and murine cell systems. We highlight how these customized aneuploidy models helped expanding our knowledge of the consequences of specific aneuploidies to (cancer) cell physiology.

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