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Mutational analysis of the liver, colon and kidney of Big Blue rats treated with 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jan 2000
Bol S A, Horlbeck J, Markovic J, de Boer J G, Turesky R J, Constable A
Abstract excerpt
The heterocyclic aromatic amine (HAA) 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4, 5-f]quinoline (IQ) induces intestinal tumours and hepatocellular carcinomas in rats, but no tumourigenic effects have been identified in the kidney. The tissue-specific mutagenicity of IQ was studied at the lacI locus in the liver, colon and kidney of Big Blue transgenic rats. At the highest dosing regime of IQ (20 mg/kg for 5 consecutive days) the...
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