Hepatocarcinogenesis: a polygenic model of inherited predisposition to cancer.

doi:10.1177/030089169608200101

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Hepatocarcinogenesis: a polygenic model of inherited predisposition to cancer.

Tumori - 1 Jan 2000

Dragani T A, Canzian F, Manenti G, Pierotti M A

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The murine inbred strain C3H provides an experimental model of inherited predisposition to hepatocellular cancer. Hepatocellular neoplastic lesions induced by chemical carcinogens reach a volume 10-100-fold greater in C3H mice than in genetically resistant strains. However, the huge strain differ...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Deletion
Disease Models, Animal
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Liver Neoplasms
Mice
Mutation

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