Induction of foci of altered, γ-glutamyltranspeptidase-positive hepatocytes in carcinogen-treated rats fed a choline-deficient diet

MA Sells, SL Katyal, S Sell, H Shinozuka… - British Journal of …, 1979 - nature.com
A series of experiments was performed to investigate whether, after exposure of rats to a
chemical hepatocarcinogen, feeding a choline-deficient (CD) diet would promote the …

Effects of a choline-devoid diet on the emergence of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase-positive foci in the liver of carcinogen-treated rats

H Shinozuka, MA Sells, SL Katyal, S Sell, B Lombardi - Cancer Research, 1979 - AACR
Using the procedure of Solt and Farber for the rapid induction of foci of altered hepatocytes,
we investigated the effect of a choline-devoid (CD) diet on the emergence of such foci in the …

Synergistic Effect of a Choline-devoid Diet and Phenobarbital in Promoting the Emergence of Foci of γ-Glutamyltranspeptidasepositive Hepatocytes in the Liver of …

H Shinozuka, B Lombardi - Cancer Research, 1980 - AACR
The effect of feeding phenobarbital (PHB) with a cholinedevoid (CD) diet on the emergence
of foci of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT)-positive hepatocytes in the liver of carcinogen …

Progression of carcinogen‐induced foci of y‐glutamyltranspeptidase‐positive hepatocytes to hepatomas in rats fed a choline‐deficient diet

S Takahashi, B Lombardi… - International Journal of …, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
Following previous findings that feeding a choline‐deficient (CD) diet to rats strongly
promotes the evolution of liver cells, initiated by a chemical carcinogen, to foci of y …

Influence of dietary tryptophan on the induction of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase-positive foci in the livers of rats treated with hepatocarcinogen

H Sidransky, CT Garrett, CN Murty, E Verney… - Cancer research, 1985 - AACR
The ingestion of an elevated level (2%) of l-tryptophan (TRP) in a purified diet was
investigated to determine whether it would influence the induction of γ …

Promotive effect of primary and secondary bile acids on the induction of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase-positive liver cell foci as a possible endogenous factor for …

H TSUDA, T MASUI, K IMAIDA… - … Japanese Journal of …, 1984 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The promoting effects of 5 bile acids on liver carcinogenesis were investigated in male
Fischer rats initially treated with diethylnitrosamine(DEN). Two weeks after a single dose of …

Effects of rat strain, diet composition, and phenobarbital on hepatic γ-glutamyl transpeptidase histochemistry and on the induction of altered hepatocyte foci and …

JJ Russell, EF Staffeldt, BJ Wright, A Prapuolenis… - Cancer research, 1987 - AACR
To extend our ongoing characterization of modulatory influences on hepatic tumorigenesis,
we examined effects of rat strain (Sprague-Dawley versus Fischer), diet composition …

Initiation of carcinogenesis by a dietary deficiency of choline in the absence of added carcinogens

AK Ghoshal, TH Rushmore, E Farber - Cancer letters, 1987 - Elsevier
The feeding for 10 or 11 weeks of young male Fischer-344 rats, a diet devoid of choline and
low in methionine, leads to the appearance of γ-glutamyltransferase-positive foci of altered …

Requirement of cell proliferation for the initiation of liver carcinogenesis as assayed by three different procedures

A Columbano, S Rajalakshmi, DSR Sarma - Cancer Research, 1981 - AACR
Experiments were designed to determine the role of cell proliferation in the initiation of liver
carcinogenesis induced by chemicals. To investigate this, two methylating carcinogens, N …

Induction by butylated hydroxytoluene of rat liver γ-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in comparison to expression in carcinogen-induced altered lesions

K Furukawa, Y Maeura, NT Furukawa… - Chemico-biological …, 1984 - Elsevier
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) at concentrations of 300–600 ppm in the diet caused a dose-
dependent increase in γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) activity in normal F344 male rat liver …