Article
Papillomas induced by initiation-promotion differ from those induced by carcinogen alone.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Reddy A L, Fialkow P J
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of a two-stage mechanism of carcinogenesis in mouse skin, with initiation and promotion as independent components, provided new approaches to the study of the development of neoplasms in experimental animals and humans. However, it is not clear how the carcinogen and promoting agent are involved at different steps in the development of papillomas and carcinomas. Here we have used cell markers in...
Topics
- 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene
- Animals
- Carcinogens
- Female
- Genes
- Mice
- Neoplasms, Experimental
- Papilloma
- Phenotype
- Phosphoglycerate Kinase
- Skin Neoplasms
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
