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Mutation spectra of Kras and Tp53 in urethral and lung neoplasms in B6C3F1 mice treated with 3,3',4,4'-tetrachloroazobenzene.
Toxicologic pathology - 1 Jan 2014
Bhusari Sachin, Malarkey David E, Hong Hue-Hua, Wang Yu, Masinde Tiwanda, Nolan Michael, Hooth Michelle J, Lea Isabel A, Vasconcelos Daphne, Sills Robert C, Hoenerhoff Mark J
Abstract excerpt
3,3',4,4'-tetrachloroazobenzene (TCAB) is a contaminant formed during manufacture of various herbicide compounds. A recent National Toxicology Program study showed B6C3F1 mice exposed to TCAB developed a treatment-related increase in lung carcinomas in the high-dose group, and urethral carcinomas, an extremely rare lesion in rodents, in all dose groups. As the potential for environmental exposure to TCAB is...
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