β-Carotene fails to act as a tumor promoter, induces RAR expression, and prevents carcinoma formation in a two-stage model of skin carcinogenesis in male sencar mice

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-88

  Ponnamperuma, R M ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Kirchhof, S M ^a   De Luca, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SMOKING; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033843199     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC3701_11     Document Type: Article

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