Endogenous liver carcinogenesis in the rat

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1028-1042

  Nakae, Dai ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary choline deficiency; Endogenous carcinogenes; Gene methylation; Oxidative stress; Rat liver; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CHOLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; MALONALDEHYDE; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

CELL DEATH; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; DIET; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033497604     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00990.x     Document Type: Review

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