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. 2022 Jun 22;8(25):eabn5683. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn5683

Table 1. Summary of mouse liver tumor models.

NA, not applicable.

# Genotype Tumori
genesis
rate
Tumor
latency
(months)
Tumori
genesis
pattern*
Histopathological
subtype
HCC
grade
M_
Cluster
Compare to human HCC Features
Transcriptome
Hoshida_S
Transcriptome
Boyault_G
Proteome
Gao_2019
Proteome
Jiang_2019
% of TCGA cohort with
similar transcriptome
by TROM
18 RAS I 73.7%
(I:II = 9:1)
5 3 Steatohepatitic HCC II M3 S3 G2 S-Mb S-I 1.0% Small tumor, liver metabolic
function, lipid storage, glycogen
storage
1 II 1 or 2 Mixed cHCC-ICC NA M1 S1 G1/G3 S-Me S-III 20.9% Large tumor, hepatocyte
dedifferentiation, profound
fibrosis, immune cell infiltration,
proliferation, focal AFP, silence of
Hippo, SNUR high risk
2 AKT+NICD 100.0% 2 Mainly 3 ICC NA M1 S1/S3 G1 NA NA 14.4% Hepatocyte transdifferentiation,
profound fibrosis, immune cell
infiltration, silence of Hippo,
SNUR high risk
3 sgTp53+sgPten 57.1% 8 Mainly 1 Combined cHCC-ICC NA M1 S1 G1_2/G6 NA NA 14.4% Hepatocyte dedifferentiation,
profound fibrosis, Treg infiltration,
lipid storage, silence of Hippo,
SNUR high risk
4 CTNNB1+NFE2L2 23.1% 12 1 Conventional HCC II M1 S1/S3 G3/G6 NA NA 15.0% Immune cell infiltration
5 MYC+F/C 57.7% 1 1 Hepatoblastoma NA M2 S1/S2 G2/G3 S-Pf Partial S-III 27.8% Extramedullary hematopoiesis,
proliferation, global AFP,
EpCAM signature
6 MYC+AKT 73.1% 1 Mainly 3 Conventional HCC II M2 S3 G3 S-Pf Partial S-III 15.0% AFP, EpCAM signature
7 CTNNB1+MYC 100.0% 2 2 or 3 Conventional HCC II-III M2 S2 G3/G5_6 NA NA 12.6% Proliferation, focal AFP, EpCAM
signature
8 Tp53 KO+MYC 64.3% 2 1 or 2 Conventional HCC III M2 S2/S3 G5/G3 NA NA 22.2% Proliferation, global AFP, EpCAM
signature, CNV
9 CTNNB1+RAS 91.7% 2 2 or 3 Conventional HCC II M2 S2 G3 S-Pf Partial S-III 19.7% Bile-filled pseudoglands, AFP,
EpCAM signature, moderate
fibrosis, silence of Hippo
10 MYC+PI3K 71.4% 2 Mainly 1 Conventional, clear cell, or steatohepatic HCC II-III M2 S3 G3/G5 NA NA 8.6% Lipid storage, proliferation,
global AFP
11 CTNNB1+AKT 40.0% 5 Mainly 2 Conventional HCC II-III M2 S2/S3 G3 NA NA 24.3% Moderate fibrosis, AFP, EpCAM
signature
12 CTNNB1+EGFR 23.7% 3 Mainly 2 Conventional HCC II M3 S3 G5/G6 NA NA 5.7% Global AFP
13 F/C 50.0% 9 Mainly 1 Conventional HCC I-II M3 S3 G5/G6 S-Mb S-I 8.4% Lipid storage, cholestasis, SNV,
Ctnnb1 mutation
14 MYC 21.4% 9 1 or 2 Conventional HCC II M3 S3 G5 NA NA 2.4%
15 MYC+RAS 72.0% 2 Mainly 3 Steatohepatitic HCC II M3 S3 G5 S-Mb S-I 0.9% AFP
16 PI3K 43.8% 6 Mainly 2 Conventional, foamy
histiocyte-like, or
steatohepatic HCC
II-III M3 S3 G6 NA NA 12.4% Lipid storage
17 PI3K+F/C 72.7% 5 Mainly 2 Foamy histiocyte-like
HCC
II M3 S3 G5 NA NA 8.4% Lipid storage, cholestasis, SNV,
Ctnnb1 mutation

*Tumorigenesis pattern: 1, one to three large tumors per section; 3, many small nodules; 2, intermediate in number and size.