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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Shinya Toyokuni
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-36577 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of pathology 20120802 3
Exposure to asbestos is a risk for malignant mesothelioma (MM) in humans. Among the commercially used types of asbestos (chrysotile, crocidolite, and amosite), the carcinogenicity of chrysotile is not fully appreciated. Here, we show that all three asbestos types similarly induced MM in the rat peritoneal cavity and that chrysotile caused the earliest mesothelioma development with a high fraction of sarcomatoid histology. The pathogenesis of chrysotile-induced mesothelial carcinogenesis was clos ...[more]