Application of the improved BALB/c 3T3 cell transformation assay to the examination of the initiating and promoting activities of chemicals: The second interlaboratory collaborative study by the non-genotoxic carcinogen study group of Japan

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-27

  Tsuchiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Umeda, Makoto ^b   Tanaka, Noriho ^b   Sakai, Ayako ^b   Nishiyama, Hiroshi ^c,d   Yoshimura, Isao ^c   Ajimi, Syozo ^e   Asada, Shin ^b   Asakura, Masumi ^f   Baba, Hiroshi ^g   Dewa, Yasuaki ^h   Ebe, Youji ⁱ   Fushiwaki, Yuichi ^j   Hagiwara, Yuji ^k   Hamada, Shuichi ^l   Hamamura, Tetsuo ^m   Iwase, Yumiko ^g   Kajiwara, Yoshitsugu ^e   Kasahara, Yasushi ^h   Kato, Yukihiko ⁿ   Kawabata, Masayoshi ^o   Kitada, Emiko ^p   Kaneko, Kazuko ^q   Kizaki, Yuko ^p   Kubo, Kinya ^p   Miura, Daisaku ^r   Mashiko, Kaori ^h   Mizuhashi, Fukutaro ^r   Muramatsu, Dai ^b   Nakajima, Madoka ^r   Nakamura, Tetsu ⁿ   Oishi, Hidetoshi ^s   Sasaki, Toshiaki ^f   Shimada, Sawako ^r   Takahashi, Chitose ^o   Takeda, Yuko ^g   Wakuri, Sinobu ^b   Yajima, Nobuhiro ^o   Yajima, Satoshi ^t   Yatsushiro, Tomoko ⁿ   more..

^a BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

^e CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f Japan Bioassay Research Center   (Japan)

^g MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^h KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

ⁱ MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

^j KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^k Showa Denko Materials Co   (Japan)

^l MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^m Kanagawa Environ Research Centre   (Japan)

ⁿ CANON INC   (Japan)

^o SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO LTD   (Japan)

^p KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^q SSP CO LTD   (Japan)

^r Foods Drugs and Pesticides (BSRC)   (Japan)

^s DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

^t TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

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Author keywords

BALB c 3T3 cell transformation; Interlaboratory study; One stage assay; Two stage assay

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DITHRANOL; ETHANOLAMINE; INSULIN; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MEZEREIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PHENACETIN; PHORBOL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHORBOL DIDECANOATE; SODIUM SELENITE; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VANADATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SOCIETY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77951655790     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119291003800111     Document Type: Article

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