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A mouse model for human anal cancer.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Dec 2010
Stelzer Marie K, Pitot Henry C, Liem Amy, Schweizer Johannes, Mahoney Charles, Lambert Paul F
Abstract excerpt
Human anal cancers are associated with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) that cause other anogenital cancers and head and neck cancers. As with other cancers, HPV16 is the most common high-risk HPV in anal cancers. We describe the generation and characterization of a mouse model for human anal cancer. This model makes use of K14E6 and K14E7 transgenic mice in which the HPV16 E6 and E7 genes are directed in...
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