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REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages e465-e468Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01580.x
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Contents Ovarian tumours have a low incidence in bitch. Endothelin (ET-1) and endothelin A receptor (ET-A) are overexpressed in human ovarian cancer. Twenty canine ovarian tumours and five normal samples were first evaluated by western blotting and then immunohistochemically for ET-1 and ET-A expression. Seventeen out of twenty tumours were ET-1 positive. Eight out of twenty tumours were ET-A immunohistochemically positive. At molecular level both proteins were proven to be expressed in normal as well as in tumour samples. Our results show that ET-1 and ET-A are overexpressed in canine ovarian tumours, suggesting a potential role of these two molecules in canine ovarian carcinogenesis.
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