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Helicobacter hepaticus infection promotes colon tumorigenesis in the BALB/c-Rag2(-/-) Apc(Min/+) mouse.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2008
Nagamine Claude M, Sohn Jane J, Rickman Barry H, Rogers Arlin B, Fox James G, Schauer David B
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Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mutations are linked to human and mouse colorectal cancers. The Apc multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min) mouse mutation causes adenomas to develop throughout the small and large intestines. The BALB-Min (C.B6-Apc(Min/+)) congenic strain was generated by backcrossing into BALB/c the Apc(Min) allele from C57BL/6J-Apc(Min/+) mice. BALB-Min mice have a low tumor multiplicity (27.4...
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