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Increased susceptibility to in vitro transformation of cells carrying the Eker tumor susceptibility mutation.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Oct 1994
Horesovsky G, Ginsler J, Everitt J, Walker C
Abstract excerpt
Rats carrying the Eker tumor susceptibility mutation are genetically predisposed to renal cell carcinoma. Rats heterozygous for the Eker mutation (Eker carriers) develop multiple bilateral renal cell carcinomas by the age of 1 year. Using an in vitro rat kidney epithelial (RKE) transformation assay developed in our laboratory, proximal tubule cells derived from known Eker rat carriers (+/ek) and non-carriers...
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