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Genetic and environmental risk for lymphoma in boxer dogs.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Sept 2020
Craun Kaitlyn, Ekena Joanne, Sacco James, Jiang Tao, Motsinger-Reif Alison, Trepanier Lauren A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans is associated with environmental chemical exposures, and risk is enhanced by genetic variants in glutathione S-transferases (GST) enzymes. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that boxer dogs, a breed at risk for lymphoma, would have a higher prevalence of GST variants with predicted low activity, and greater accumulated DNA damage, compared to other breeds. We also hypothesized...
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