Description
The WHV/c-myc transgenic mouse is an animal model of hepatocarcinogenesis that can exquisitely mimic the cancer staging in human Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in which the c-myc oncogene is activated by adjacent woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) DNA sequences. Compared to other models of c-myc transgenic mice, WHV/c-myc mice stably develop HCC with a relatively short latent period of 8 to 12 months, with a high (near 100%) tumor incidence.