Endometrial carcinogenesis induced by concurrent oral administration of ethylenethiourea and sodium nitrite in mice

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 2311-2318

  Yoshida, Mice Akiyoshi ^a   Harada, Takanori ^a   Hayashi, Shim mo ^a,b   Mori, Ikuo ^a,b   Miyajima, Hiroaki ^a   Maita, Keizo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; BROXURIDINE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN P53; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; COCARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTRUS; ETHYLENETHIOUREA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PROTEIN P53; SEX HORMONES; SODIUM NITRITE; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0027943856     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/15.10.2311     Document Type: Article

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