Article
K-ras mutations in aberrant crypt foci, adenomas and adenocarcinomas during azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Sept 1993
Vivona A A, Shpitz B, Medline A, Bruce W R, Hay K, Ward M A, Stern H S, Gallinger S
Abstract excerpt
Ras mutations are an important early event in a number of carcinogen-induced rodent tumors. Colon carcinogenesis induced in rats by azoxymethane is a useful model as it mimics the adenoma-carcinoma sequence observed in humans. In addition, aberrant crypt foci develop in the rat and these lesions appear to be potentially important precursors to adenomas in colorectal cancer. Recent studies have shown that specific...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenoma
- Animals
- Azoxymethane
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Colon
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Molecular Sequence Data
