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A rat colon cancer model induced by 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine, PhIP.
Mutation research - 30 Sept 2002
Nakagama Hitoshi, Ochiai Masako, Ubagai Tsuneyuki, Tajima Rie, Fujiwara Kyoko, Sugimura Takashi, Nagao Minako
Abstract excerpt
2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) is one of the most abundant heterocyclic amines contained in cooked meat and fish, and induces aberrant crypt foci (ACF), putative preneoplastic lesions of the colon, and colon cancers in male rats when administered orally. As has been reported previously, F344 rats are susceptible to induction of ACF by PhIP, while ACI rats being relatively resistant....
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