Metallothionein deficiency promotes mouse skin carcinogenesis induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4044-4046

  Zhang, Baoxu ^a,b   Satoh, Masahiko ^a   Nishimura, Noriko ^a   Suzuki, Junko S ^a   Sone, Hideko ^a   Aoki, Yasunobu ^a   Tohyama, Chiharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR GROWTH;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032530499     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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