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Multistep renal carcinogenesis in the Eker (Tsc 2 gene mutant) rat model.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Dec 2004
Hino Okio
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a heritable disorder of somatic cells. Environment and heredity both contribute to the origin of human cancer. The Eker (Tsc 2 gene mutant) rat model of hereditary renal carcinoma (RC) is an example of a Mendelian dominantly inherited predisposition to a specific cancer in an experimental animal. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first isolation of a Mendelian dominantly predisposing cancer...
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