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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
It has been demonstrated that in humans certain factors such as early menarche, late pregnancy, and nulliparity are associated with a higher risk of developing breast cancer, while early pregnancy acts as a protective factor. Induction of mammary cancer in rats by administration of the chemical carcinogen 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene reveals that the same factors influencing human breast cancer risk also affect the susceptibility of the rat mammary gland to the chemical carcinogen. Nulliparous rats and rats undergoing pregnancy interruption are more susceptible to developing carcinomas. This fact has been attributed to the incomplete differentiation of the gland at the time of carcinogen administration. Parous rats are resistant to the carcinogenic effect of DMBA, which is explained by the complete development of the gland attained during pregnancy and lactation. This development is manifested by the differentiation of terminal end buds into secretory units, which have a smaller proliferative compartment; the epithelial cells of these secretory units have a longer cell cycle, less avidity for binding DMBA, and possess a more efficient DNA excision repair capacity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0167-6806
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6216933-9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Abortion, Induced, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Adenosine Triphosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-DNA Repair, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Disease Susceptibility, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Female, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Mammary Glands, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Maternal Age, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Parity, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:6216933-Rats, Inbred Strains
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Differentiation of the mammary gland and susceptibility to carcinogenesis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't