Sympathectomy decreases size and invasiveness of tongue cancer in rats
Sympathectomy decreases size and invasiveness of tongue cancer in rats
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.048
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发表时间:
2007-11-09
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Heyeraas, K. J.
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作者:
Raju, B.;Haug, S. R.;Heyeraas, K. J.
The sympathetic nervous system plays a role in carcinogenesis wherein locally released sympathetic neurotransmitters affect proliferation, angiogenesis, vessel permeability, lymphocyte traffic and cytokine production. The present in vivo study was designed to investigate whether surgical sympathectomy, both unilateral and bilateral, had an effect on tumor growth, interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) and lymphatics in rat tongue cancer. We used 4-nitroquinoline-1 -oxide (4-NQO) in drinking water for 19 weeks to induce tongue cancer in 20 Dark Agouti rats. After 11 weeks, one group underwent unilateral sympathectomy and another underwent bilateral sympathectomy, while the third group underwent sham surgery. By 19 weeks, tumors in the bilaterally sympathectomized (BL-SCGx) rats were significantly smaller (P