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Mutation induction by mechanical irritation caused by uracil-induced urolithiasis in Big Blue rats.
Mutation research - 14 Feb 2000
Takahashi S, Ikeda Y, Kimoto N, Okochi E, Cui L, Nagao M, Ushijima T, Shirai T
Abstract excerpt
Some chronic mechanical irritations induce cancers, and it is speculated that mutations are induced by increased rate of cell proliferation caused by the irritation. In this study, it was investigated using chronic mechanical irritation to urothelium caused by urolithiasis, whether mutations are really induced by such cell proliferation or not. Male rats transgenic for lacI (Big Blue(R) rats), in which lacI...
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