| Literature DB >> 1905694 |
Y Li1, Y Togashi, S Sato, T Emoto, J H Kang, N Takeichi, H Kobayashi, Y Kojima, Y Une, J Uchino.
Abstract
We studied the copper concentrations in the non-cancerous and cancerous liver tissues of LEC rats with hereditary hepatitis and spontaneous hepatoma by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Copper concentration in the non-cancerous livers of 29-month-old male LEC rats was comparable to that in the livers of LEC rats aged 2, 3 and 8 months whose hepatic copper concentrations were more than 40 times those of normal LEA rats. Copper concentration in spontaneously developed hepatocellular carcinomas of the 29-month-old male LEC rats was lower than that in the surrounding non-cancerous liver tissues, but was still more than 39 times that of 8-month-old male LEA rats. These findings suggest that in LEC rats an abnormal copper metabolism may be maintained during the process of hepatic carcinogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1905694 PMCID: PMC5918487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01876.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Cancer Res ISSN: 0910-5050