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Effects of epidermal growth factor receptor deficiency and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on fetal development in mice.
Toxicology letters - 2 May 2004
Miettinen Hanna M, Huuskonen Hannele, Partanen Anna-Maija, Miettinen Päivi, Tuomisto Jouni T, Pohjanvirta Raimo, Tuomisto Jouko
Abstract excerpt
Dioxins are persistent environmental contaminants that cause multiple disorders in laboratory animals, including teratogenesis. In mice, the most important teratogenic effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) are hydronephrosis and cleft palate. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) mediates most of the TCDD-induced effects, but modulation of these effects by other factors such as epidermal growth factor...
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