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Tumor promotion and inhibition by phenobarbital in livers of conditional Apc-deficient mice.
Archives of toxicology - 1 Jun 2016
Braeuning Albert, Gavrilov Alina, Geissler Miriam, Wenz Christine, Colnot Sabine, Templin Markus F, Metzger Ute, Römer Michael, Zell Andreas, Schwarz Michael
Abstract excerpt
Activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is important for human and rodent hepatocarcinogenesis. In mice, the tumor promoter phenobarbital (PB) selects for hepatocellular tumors with activating β-catenin mutations via constitutive androstane receptor activation. PB-dependent tumor promotion was studied in mice with genetic inactivation of Apc, a negative regulator of β-catenin, to circumvent the problem of randomly...
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