Animal models of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mammary cancer and retinal degeneration with special emphasis on therapeutic trials

In Vivo

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Tsubura, Airo ^a   Lai, Yen Chang ^a   Miki, Hisanori ^a   Sasaki, Tomo ^a   Uehara, Norihisa ^a   Yuri, Takashi ^a   Yoshizawa, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 aminobenzamide; Ac DEVD CHO; Fatty acid; Mammary cancer; N methyl N nitrosourea; Nicotinamide; Parity; Phytoestrogen; Retinitis pigmentosa; Review

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOBENZAMIDE; CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; METHYLNITROSOUREA; NICOTINAMIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROGESTERONE; RESVERATROL; ZEARALENONE; ZERANOL; ALKYLATING AGENT; CARCINOGEN;

ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTIODACTYLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MODEL; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CARNIVORA; CATARACT; CELL DISRUPTION; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FAT INTAKE; INSECTIVORA; LAGOMORPH; LIFESTYLE; MICROCEPHALY; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MALFORMATION; REVIEW; RODENT; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NIACINAMIDE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 79952035584     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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