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Characterization of a major colon cancer susceptibility locus (Ccs3) on mouse chromosome 3.
Oncogene - 4 Feb 2010
Meunier C, Cai J, Fortin A, Kwan T, Marquis J-F, Turbide C, Van Der Kraak L, Jothy S, Beauchemin N, Gros P
Abstract excerpt
Treatment of mice with the carcinogen azoxymethane (AOM) induces a number of lesions in the colon, including hyperplastic lesions, as well adenomas and carcinomas in situ. Inbred strains of mice show different responses to AOM-induced carcinogenesis. A/J mice are highly susceptible and develop a greater number of hyperplastic lesions and tumors (15-70 tumors per mouse) than resistant C57BL/6J mice (0-6 tumors per...
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