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. 2013 Jul 23;3:10. doi: 10.1186/2045-3329-3-10

Table 1.

A summary of spontaneous transformation studies with mouse BMMSCs

Transformation after Type of sarcoma Associated genetic event(s) Reference
Long term culture
Osteosarcoma
Aneuploidy + CDKN2A/p16 loss
[4]
Abnormal karyotype
[6]
Fibrosarcoma
p53 mutations
[24]
Chromosomal instability + TERT and c-myc expression
[16]
Undiff. soft tissue sarcomas
Aneuploidy + chromosomal translocations
[17]
Short term culture Soft tissue sarcomas Aneuploidy [18]