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Genetic bases of estrogen-induced tumorigenesis in the rat: mapping of loci controlling susceptibility to mammary cancer in a Brown Norway x ACI intercross.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 2006
Schaffer Beverly S, Lachel Cynthia M, Pennington Karen L, Murrin Clare R, Strecker Tracy E, Tochacek Martin, Gould Karen A, Meza Jane L, McComb Rodney D, Shull James D
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to estrogens is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Our laboratory has shown that the ACI rat is uniquely susceptible to 17beta-estradiol (E2)-induced mammary cancer. We previously mapped two loci, Emca1 and Emca2 (estrogen-induced mammary cancer), that act independently to determine susceptibility to E2-induced mammary cancer in crosses between the susceptible ACI rat strain and the...
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