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Transgenic mouse model for skin malignant melanoma
We report here on a novel metallothionein-I (MT)/ret transgenic mouse line in which skin melanosis, benign melanocytic tumor and malignant melanoma metastasizing to distant organs develop stepwise. The process of...
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Linkage between melanocytic tumor development and early burst of Ret protein expression for tolerance induction in metallothionein-I/ret transgenic mouse lines
We examined the basis of the all or none difference in inducing melanocytic tumor development among three transgenic mouse lines (304, 192 and 242) to which the same promoter-enhancer (metallothionein-I) and o...
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Barium inhibits arsenic-mediated apoptotic cell death in human squamous cell carcinoma cells
Our fieldwork showed more than 1 μM (145.1 μg/L) barium in about 3 μM (210.7 μg/L) arsenic-polluted drinking well water (n = 72) in cancer-prone areas in Bangladesh, while the mean concentrations of nine other el...