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Published in final edited form as: Trends Cell Biol. 2014 Sep 18;25(1):11–20. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2014.08.008

Table 1.

Experimental protocols and results for two well-explored CCO models

Tumor type Cre driver Cell type Oncogenes/tumor suppressors lineage tracer CCO Refs
BCC K14Cre-ER
ShhCre-ER
K15Cre-ER
Rosa-LSL-SmoM2 Interfollicular epidermis Youssef et al
Nature Cell Biology 2010
K15Cre-PR
K14Cre-ER
Ptch1+/1 +
Ionizing Radiation+
LSY-YFP

+p53 KO
HFSCs

HFSCs and interfollicular epidermis
Wang et al
Cancer Cell 2011
K15Cre-PR
Lgr5Cre-ER
K5Cre-ER
Rosa-LSL-rtTA
tetO-Gli2deltaN
HFSCs = nodular BCC

Interfollicular epidermis = superficial BCC
Grachtchouk et al
JCI 2011
K15Cre-PR Rosa-LSL-SmoM2 +
wounding
HFSCs Wong et al
PNAS 2011
K5Cre-tTA
K5Cre-PR
Lgr5Cre-ER
TRE-Gli1
Ptch1 flox/flox
Ptch1 flox/flox
Interfollicular epidermis

HFSCs only when wounded
Kasper et al
PNAS 2011
Intestinal Adenoma Cd133Cre-ER Activated β-catenin Crypt stem cells Zhu et al
Nature 2009
Lgr5Cre-ER
AH-Cre
APC KO Crypt stem cells Barker et al
Nature 2009
Xbp1sCre-ER Activated
β-catenin and
IkB-α KO or
KrasG12D
Differentiated cells via dedifferentiation Schwitalla et al Cell 2013