Fenton reaction induced cancer in wild type rats recapitulates genomic alterations observed in human cancer.

Iron overload has been associated with carcinogenesis in humans. Intraperitoneal administration of ferric nitrilotriacetate initiates a Fenton reaction in renal proximal tubules of rodents that ultimately leads to a high incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after repeated treatments. We performed...

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Main Authors: Shinya Akatsuka, Yoriko Yamashita, Hiroki Ohara, Yu-Ting Liu, Masashi Izumiya, Koichiro Abe, Masako Ochiai, Li Jiang, Hirotaka Nagai, Yasumasa Okazaki, Hideki Murakami, Yoshitaka Sekido, Eri Arai, Yae Kanai, Okio Hino, Takashi Takahashi, Hitoshi Nakagama, Shinya Toyokuni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3430702?pdf=render