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Transgenic disruption of gap junctional intercellular communication enhances early but not late stage hepatocarcinogenesis in the rat.
Toxicologic pathology - 1 Jan 2005
Hokaiwado Naomi, Asamoto Makoto, Ogawa Kumiko, Shirai Tomoyuki
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Much experimental evidence supports the conclusion that loss of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) contributes to carcinogenesis. Transgenic rats featuring a dominant negative mutant of the connexin 32 gene under albumin promoter control (Cx32Delta Tg-High and Cx32Delta Tg-Low lines, respectively with high and low copy numbers of the transgene) have disrupted GJIC, as demonstrated by scrape...
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