Choline deficiency selects for resistance to p53-independent apoptosis and causes tumorigenic transformation of rat hepatocytes

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 731-738

  Zeisel, Steven H ^a   Albright, Craig D ^a   Shin, Ok Ho ^a   Mar, Mei Heng ^a   Salganik, Rudolf I ^a   Da Costa, Kerry Ann ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,9 DIMETHYL 1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; GENES, P53; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0031416805     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.4.731     Document Type: Article

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