Dose dependence of phenobarbital promotion of preneoplastic hepatic lesions in F344 rats and B6C3F1 mice: Effects on DNA synthesis and apoptosis

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 947-954

  Kolaja, Kyle L ^a   Stevenson, Donald E ^b   Walborg Jr , Earl F ^b   Klaunig, James E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermigen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TUMOR PROMOTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MICE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0030005597     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.5.947     Document Type: Article

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