Melatonin inhibition and pinealectomy enhancement of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced mammary tumors in the rat.
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...In addition, DMBAinduced mammary tumors grew more slowly in rats treated with melatonin when compared with control rats that did not receive melatonin ([73], reviewed in [74])....
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...The anticarcinogenic effect of MEL is best described in vivo and in vitro on the estrogenresponsive mammary tumors (Tamarkin et al., 1981; Blask and Hill, 1986; Hill and Blask, 1988; Scott et al., 2001; Teplitzky et al., 2001; Kiefer et al., 2002)....
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...The pituitary hormone affected most rapidly by melatonin treatment is prolactin, which is markedly suppressed in the circulation (14, 16)....
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...In the Syrian hamster, the pineal gland and its hormone melatonin induce gonadal collapse (7, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22)....
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...Earlier studies indicate that, contrary to inhibiting prolactin secretion, melatonin administration actually causes an increase in circulating prolactin (14)....
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...In the Syrian hamster, the pineal gland and its hormone melatonin induce gonadal collapse (7, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22)....
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...Pinealectomies were performed at 20 days of age accord ing to the procedure of Hoffman and Reiter (6)....
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