Specific induction of hepatocellular adenomas by transplacental administration of ENU in the Tsc2 gene mutant (Eker) rat

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 957-961

  Fukuda, Tomokazu ^a,b   Mitani, Hiroaki ^a   Tsutsumi, Masahiro ^b   Konishi, Yoichi ^b   Hino, Okio ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eker rat; Hepatocellular adenoma; N ethyl N nitrosourea; Tsc2 gene

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031764889     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.13.5.957     Document Type: Article

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