Cell proliferation of colonic neoplasms in dimethylhydrazine-treated rats (original) (raw)

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We have measured mitotic indices and 3H-thymidine-labelling indices for the colonic epithelial tumours induced in rats by the administration of dimethyl-hydrazine (DMH). The fraction-of-labelled-mitoses (FLM) technique has been used to estimate the duration of the cell-cycle phases. In general, mitotic and labelling indices in the tumours are similar to those in the proliferation zone of the normal crypt epithelium, lesions considered to be least well differentiated on histological grounds appear to have the lowest mean labelling index. Benign tumours and the different types of malignant tumours have mean cell-cycle times about half those of the normal mucosa.

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1. J P Sunter
2. D L Hull
3. D R Appleton
4. A J Watson

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Sunter, J., Hull, D., Appleton, D. et al. Cell proliferation of colonic neoplasms in dimethylhydrazine-treated rats.Br J Cancer 42, 95–102 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1980.207

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• Issue date: 01 July 1980
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1980.207