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 …

Influence of dietary fat on the promotion of diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in female rats

HP Glauert, HC Pitot - … of the Society for Experimental Biology …, 1986 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of varying the amount and type of dietary fat on the promotion of γ-
glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT)-positive foci and hepatocarcinomas in female rats was …

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 …

Effects of strain, sex, route of administration and partial hepatectomy on the induction by chemical carcinogens of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase foci in rat liver

MA Pereira, SL Herren-Freund, AL Britt, MM Khoury - Cancer letters, 1983 - Elsevier
The incidence of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT)-positive foci induced by 0.3
mmol/kg diethylnitrosamine (DENA) followed by promotion with 500 ppm sodium …

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 …

Initiation/promotion bioassay in rat liver: use of gamma glutamyltranspeptidase-positive foci to indicate carcinogenic activity

MA Pereira, SL Herren, AL Britt… - Toxicologic …, 1982 - journals.sagepub.com
Gamma Glutamyltranspeptidase (GGTase)-positive foci have been used to indicate activity
in an initiation/promotion bioassay in rat liver. This rat liver foci bioassay has been proposed …

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 …

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 …

Induction of three histochemically distinct populations of hepatic foci in C57BL/6J mice

M H. Hanigan, ML Winkler, NR Drinkwater - Carcinogenesis, 1993 - academic.oup.com
Although expression of the enzyme gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is the most
common phenotypic marker of preneoplastic foci in the livers of carcinogen-treated rats, it is …

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 …