Journal: Toxicology letters
Article Title: Loss of BRCA1 leads to an increased sensitivity to Bisphenol A
doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.09.008
Figure Lengend Snippet: Brca1f/f;MMTV-Cre or wild-type female mice were treated with BPA (A, C) or DMSO (B, D) as described in 2.5. Thick arrows indicate areas of abnormal dense mammary epithelial cell growth at the end of terminal ducts (TDs) in BPA-treated Brca1f/f;MMTV-Cre mice compared to ductal structure in DMSO-treated Brca1f/f;MMTV-Cre mice (thin arrows). Slightly increased alveolar buds (ABs) are present in BPA-treated Brca1f/f;MMTV-Cre mice compared to normal appearing Abs in DMSO-treated wild-type mice (thin arrows). Magnification, 40 X.
Article Snippet: Mice were weighed at 3 months of age and implanted with Alzet osmotic pumps (Alza Corp, Palo Alto, CA) designed to deliver either 50 % dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) (vehicle control, n=13/group) or 250 ng BPA/kg/body wt/day dissolved in DMSO (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) (n=13/group) for 4 weeks at a flow rate of 0.22 µl/h.
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