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Spontaneous development of hepatocellular carcinomas in the FLS mice with hereditary fatty liver.
Cancer letters - 30 Jun 2003
Soga Masahiko, Kishimoto Yoshio, Kawamura Yoshihiro, Inagaki Shuichiro, Makino Susumu, Saibara Toshiji
Abstract excerpt
The fatty liver Shionogi (FLS) mouse is an inbred strain that develops spontaneous fatty liver (hepatic steatosis) chronically without obesity. Here, we reported that the mice develop spontaneous hepatocellular tumors with high incidences. The mice with age of over 1 year frequently developed whitish protuberant nodules in the livers, which were histologically diagnosed as hepatocellular adenoma and/or carcinoma...
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