RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Unbiased Assessment of H-STS cells as high-fidelity models for gastro-enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor drug mechanism of action analysis JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 677435 DO 10.1101/677435 A1 Mariano J. Alvarez A1 Pengrong Yan A1 Mary L. Alpaugh A1 Michaela Bowden A1 Ewa Sicinska A1 Chensheng W. Zhou A1 Charles Karan A1 Ronald B. Realubit A1 Prabhjot S. Mundi A1 Adina Grunn A1 Dirk Jäger A1 John A. Chabot A1 Antonio T. Fojo A1 Paul E. Oberstein A1 Hanina Hibshoosh A1 Jeffrey W. Milsom A1 Matthew H. Kulke A1 Massimo Loda A1 Gabriela Chiosis A1 Diane L. Reidy-Lagunes A1 Andrea Califano YR 2019 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/06/23/677435.abstract AB Quantitative metrics to objectively assess the fidelity of cancer models, such as cell lines, organoids, or patient-derived xenografts (PDXs), remain elusive, with histological criteria or the presence of specific mutations often used as driving principles. We show that molecular criteria, based on the regulatory proteins responsible for maintaining transcriptional cell state and its regulatory network, are effective in identifying models that can recapitulate drug mechanism of action and drug sensitivity, independent of histological consideration.