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Dose-response analysis of short-term effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in three differentially susceptible rat lines.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 1 Mar 2003
Simanainen Ulla, Tuomisto Jouni T, Tuomisto Jouko, Viluksela Matti
Abstract excerpt
Line A, B, and C rats were selectively bred from TCDD-resistant Han/Wistar (Kuopio; H/W) and TCDD-sensitive Long-Evans (Turku/AB; L-E) rats. Line A rats are the most resistant to TCDD acute lethality followed by line B and line C rats. The resistance in line A rats is associated with a mutated H/W-type aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) allele (Ahr(hw)) and in line B rats the resistance is associated with an allele...
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