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. 2009 Jun 25;8:40. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-8-40

Table 1.

Tumors induced by co-expression of zebrafish smoa1 and constitutively active human AKT1

Tumor location (cases) Fish age (weeks) GFP expression Elevated phospho-AKT1 Diagnoses
Trunk (4) 3 Yes ND Rhabdomyoma
4 Yes Yes ND
6 Yes ND ND
12 Yes ND Rhabdomyoma

Eye (3) 4 Yes ND Ocular Melanoma
12 Yes Yes Astrocytoma
12 Yes ND Astrocytoma

Head (4) 6 Yes ND Glioblastoma
6 Yes ND Glioblastoma
8 Yes ND ND
12 Yes ND Astrocytoma

Others (2) 4 Yes ND Myxoma
8 Yes ND Spindle cell sarcoma

*The tumors were found from 4 batches of injection involving 147 injected F2 fish that had survived beyond 2-week-old. Fish were observed for one and a half years, no other tumors were found in fish more than 3 months of age. ND: Not determined.