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. 1976 Jul;34(1):58–63. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1976.122

Neonatal modification of endocrine functions and mammary carcinogenesis in the rat.

S Christakos, D Sinha, T L Dao
PMCID: PMC2025131  PMID: 821507

Abstract

Effects of neonatal androgenization or neonatal ovariectomy in female rats on endocrine functions and mammary tumourigenesis are examined. Pituitary gonadotrophin contents (both LH and FSH) are significantly lower in neonatally androgenized rats (TT) and significantly increased in neonatally ovariectomized rats (NO) when compared with controls of the same age. Plasma and pituitary prolactin levels are higher in TT rats than in the control rats of the same age, but the difference is not significant. Mammary tumours developing in TT rats after DMBA treatment are predominantly fibroadenomata, and lactogenesis in TT rats occurs almost entirely in those receiving DMBA treatment. Neonatal ovariectomy in female rats protects against subsequent induction of mammary cnacer by DMBA. The relationship between neonatal modification of endocrine functions and mammary tumourigenesis is discussed.

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