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High-fat, high-calorie diet promotes early pancreatic neoplasia in the conditional KrasG12D mouse model.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Oct 2013
Dawson David W, Hertzer Kathleen, Moro Aune, Donald Graham, Chang Hui-Hua, Go Vay Liang, Pandol Steven J, Lugea Aurelia, Gukovskaya Anna S, Li Gang, Hines Oscar J, Rozengurt Enrique, Eibl Guido
Abstract excerpt
There is epidemiologic evidence that obesity increases the risk of cancers. Several underlying mechanisms, including inflammation and insulin resistance, are proposed. However, the driving mechanisms in pancreatic cancer are poorly understood. The goal of the present study was to develop a model of diet-induced obesity and pancreatic cancer development in a state-of-the-art mouse model, which resembles important...
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