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Ras-transduced diethylnitrosamine-treated hepatocytes develop into cancers of mixed phenotype in vivo.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 1995
Lin Y Z, Brunt E M, Bowling W, Hafenrichter D G, Kennedy S C, Flye M W, Ponder K P
Abstract excerpt
The cell of origin of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is controversial. A method for marking cells of different lineages in vivo and then determining their carcinogenic potential should resolve this issue. A retroviral vector expressing activated ras and beta-gal genes (Ras-gal) was transferred into adult rat hepatocytes in vivo, and some animals were treated with diethylnitrosamine (DEN). Bile ductule cells and...
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