Existence of a no effect level for MeIQx hepatocarcinogenicity on a background of thioacetamide-induced liver damage in rats

Cancer Science

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 453-458

  Kang, Jin Seok ^a   Wanibuchi, Hideki ^a   Morimura, Keiichirou ^a   Totsuka, Yukari ^b   Yoshimura, Isao ^c   Fukushima, Shoji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HETEROCYCLIC AMINE; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SURVIVAL;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA ADDUCTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; THIOACETAMIDE;

EID: 33744507864     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2006.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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