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Diethylnitrosamine induces lung adenocarcinoma in FVB/N mouse.
BMC cancer - 7 Feb 2018
Mervai Zsolt, Egedi Krisztina, Kovalszky Ilona, Baghy Kornélia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diethylnitrosamine is a well known carcinogen that induces cancers of various organs in mice and rats. Using FVB/N mouse strain, here we show that diethylnitrosamine induces primarily lung adenocarcinomas with modest tumor development in the liver, offering a new model to study chemical carcinogenesis in the lung. METHODS: Animals were exposed to a single high dose of diethylnitrosamine, and more than...
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