Article
Activation of K-ras in aflatoxin B1-induced lung tumors from AC3F1 (A/J x C3H/HeJ) mice.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 1996
Donnelly P J, Devereux T R, Foley J F, Maronpot R R, Anderson M W, Massey T E
Abstract excerpt
In addition to being a potent hepatocarcinogen, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a pulmonary carcinogen in experimental animals and epidemiological studies have shown an association between AFB1 exposure and lung cancer in humans. Since point mutations at codons 12, 13 and 61 of the K-ras protooncogene are...
Topics
- Aflatoxin B1
- Alleles
- Animals
- Carcinogens
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, ras
- Genomic Imprinting
- Lung Neoplasms
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
