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A germ-line insertion in the Birt–Hogg–Dubé ( BHD ) gene gives rise to the Nihon rat model of inherited renal cancer
9 Feb 2004
Abstract excerpt
A rat model of hereditary renal carcinoma (RC) was found in a rat colony of the Sprague-Dawley strain in Japan and named the "Nihon" rat. In heterozygotes, RCs, predominantly the clear cell type, develop from early preneoplastic lesions, which began to appear as early as 3 weeks of age, to adenocarcinomas by the age of 6 months. The Nihon rat is an example of a Mendelian dominantly inherited predisposition for...
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