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ArticleJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS2009

Revisiting influences on tumor development focusing on laboratory housing.

Helaine M Alessio, Natalie B Schweitzer, Angela M Snedden, Phyllis Callahan, Ann E Hagerman

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Article in Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Helaine M AlessioDepartment of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA. alessih@muohio.edu
Natalie B Schweitzer
Angela M Snedden
Phyllis Callahan
Ann E Hagerman

Funding

Access to physical activity and its relation to healthR15AG020526 · NIA · MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD · PI ALESSIO, HELAINE MARY · 2003 to 2003
$201k
NIA NIH HHS R15 AG020526NIA NIH HHS R15 AG 20526-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneous tumors are reported to occur in 45% to 71% of Sprague-Dawley rats, yet few studies have considered the effect of the sedentary condition of standard laboratory cages on tumorigenesis. Tumor profiles and tumor promoting hormone prolactin were compared in female Sprague-Dawley rats (108) that were allocated into 3 groups: those housed without outside activity (SED group), with twice-weekly 1-h sessions of physical activity in large box (PA group), and with regular voluntary running-wheel exercise (EX). Compared with the EX group, SED rats had more and larger tumors throughout most of their lifespan; tumor profiles of PA rats were similar to those of the SED group. A larger percentage of animals in the SED group had tumors (54%), compared with EX rats (38%). At 64 wk, tumors in SED animals included thyroid carcinoma, malignancy, mammary fibroadenoma, cystadenoma, and granuloma, whereas benign mammary gland cysts were most common in EX. Prolactin levels were highest in SED animals at 24 and 52 wk. In conclusion, increased tumor number, increased tumor size, type of spontaneous tumor, and increased prolactin in rats were associated with standard laboratory housing, which limited physical activity, and were not primarily due to aging.

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Animals, LaboratoryHousing, AnimalRats, Sprague-DawleyAge FactorsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBody CompositionFemaleMotor ActivityNeoplasmsProlactinRatsRodent DiseasesProlactin

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PMID19476713
PMCPMC2696827

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