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The increased CAR-dependent metabolism of thyroid hormones in mice with high cancer susceptibility.
Life sciences - 25 Sept 2010
Pakharukova Maria, Smetanina Mariya, Kaledin Vasily, Obut Timofey, Merkulova Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
AIM: our aim was to compare activation of the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), hepatic expression of its target genes, and the serum thyroid hormone levels in C3H/He, C57BL/6J, and CC57BR/Mv mice following phenobarbital treatment. These differences, if present, could help to explain the different susceptibility to phenobarbital-induced liver tumor promotion among these strains of mice. MAIN METHODS: CAR...
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