Transformation by inorganic arsenic compounds of normal Syrian hamster embryo cells into a neoplastic state in which they become anchorage-independent and cause tumors in newborn hamsters

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 629-634

  Takahashi, Masayuki ^a   Barrett, J Carl ^b   Tsutsui, Takeki ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchorage independence; Arsenic; DNA hypomethylation; Neoplastic transformation; Senescence; Syrian hamster embryo cell

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE SODIUM; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MESSENGER RNA;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; ONCOGENE RAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARSENATES; ARSENITES; CARCINOGENS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, RAS; MESOCRICETUS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036105865     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10407     Document Type: Article

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