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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Hen Model"”.
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AN INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING CHEMOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS OF DIETARY FLAXSEED IN THE LAYING HEN MODEL OF OVARIAN CANCER
… symptoms during early disease. The laying hen is the only accessible animal model which develops epithelial ovarian cancer spontaneously, with features closely resembling the human disease. It has been estimated that approximately 30% of all cancers can be prevented with diet, exercise, and …
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Characterizing the role of dietary fat in the development and progression of liver dysfunction
… in mediating the metabolically healthy obese phenotype and to better characterizing the potential contribution of dietary fat and fatty acids as a therapeutic supplement to obesogenic diets. Specifically, flaxseed is high in α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3 n-3) and low in linoleic acid (LA; 18:2 …
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Auditory and visual determinants of maternal preference in bobwhite quail neonates
… audiovisual stimulation (i.e., a quail hen model emitting the maternal call). These results suggest that in the initial stages of postnatal development, species identification in bobwhite quail is based primarily on the auditory component of maternal stimulation. Later in development, …
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The Involvement of the Cyclooxygenase Enzymes in the Gallus Domesticus Model of Ovarian Cancer
… are involved in ovarian carcinogenesis in the hen as a model for the human disease. The expression patterns of COX-1 and -2 mRNA and protein in normal hen ovaries and hen ovarian tumors were determined. COX-1 mRNA expression was significantly increased in ovarian tumors of the hen while there …
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PROSTAGLANDIN E2 PATHWAY AS A TARGET TO PREVENT AND TREAT OVARIAN CANCER IN LAYING HENS
… Ovarian cancer is mainly seen in older women when their ovaries are not reproductively functional. Close to half of the women with ovarian cancer (48%) are in the age group of 65 or older. Epidemiological and preclinical studies indicate that increased dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids …