Decreased gap junctional intercellular communication in hexachlorobenzene-induced gender-specific hepatic tumor formation in the rat

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1243-1249

  Plante, Isabelle ^a   Charbonneau, Michel ^a   Cyr, Daniel G ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ESTRADIOL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR PROMOTION;

EID: 0036327898     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/23.7.1243     Document Type: Article

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