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Higher frequency of aberrant crypt foci in rapid than slow acetylator inbred rats administered the colon carcinogen 3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 1 Nov 1997
Feng Y, Fretland A J, Rustan T D, Jiang W, Becker W K, Hein D W
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Humans and other mammals such as rats exhibit a genetic polymorphism in acetyltransferase (NAT2) capacity, yielding rapid and slow acetylator phenotypes. The rapid acetylator phenotype has been associated with increased incidence of human colorectal cancer in some, but not all, epidemiological studies. In order to investigate this possible association, a rapid (F-344) and slow (WKY) acetylator inbred rat model...
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