Article
Estrogen treatment enhances hereditary renal tumor development in Eker rats.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Nov 1998
Wolf D C, Goldsworthy T L, Donner E M, Harden R, Fitzpatrick B, Everitt J I
Abstract excerpt
Hormonal influences are known to affect the development of renal cell carcinoma in man and laboratory animal models. We tested the hypothesis that estrogen treatment or ovariectomy of rats modulates renal tumor development using tuberous sclerosis 2 (Tsc2) heterozygous mutant (Eker) rats in which...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
- Estrogens
- Female
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Precancerous Conditions
- Rats
- Repressor Proteins
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins
