Induction of endogenous retroelements as a potential mechanism for mouse-specific drug-induced carcinogenicity.

A number of chemical compounds have been shown to induce liver tumors in mice but not in other species. While several mechanisms for this species-specific tumorigenicity have been proposed, no definitive mechanism has been established. We examined the effects of the nongenotoxic rodent hepatic carci...

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Main Authors: Timothy M Coskran, Zhijie Jiang, James E Klaunig, Dixie L Mager, Leslie Obert, Andrew Robertson, Nicholas Tsinoremas, Zemin Wang, Mark Gosink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5417610?pdf=render