Article
Molecular analysis of the Ink4a/Rb1-Arf/Tp53 pathways in radon-induced rat lung tumors.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Mar 2009
Bastide Kristell, Guilly Marie-Noëlle, Bernaudin Jean-François, Joubert Christophe, Lectard Bruno, Levalois Céline, Malfoy Bernard, Chevillard Sylvie
Abstract excerpt
Inhalation of radon is closely associated with an increased risk of lung cancers. While the involvement of Ink4a in lung tumor development has been widely described, the tumor suppressor gene has not been studied in radon-induced lung tumors. In this study, loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis of the Cdkn2a locus, common to the Ink4a and Arf genes, was performed on 33 radon-induced rat lung tumors and showed a...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinogens, Environmental
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
- DNA Methylation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Experimental
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
