Tamoxifen suppresses pancreatic β-cell proliferation in mice.

Tamoxifen is a mixed agonist/antagonist estrogen analogue that is frequently used to induce conditional gene deletion in mice using Cre-loxP mediated gene recombination. Tamoxifen is routinely employed in extremely high-doses relative to typical human doses to induce efficient gene deletion in mice....

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Main Authors: Surl-Hee Ahn, Anne Granger, Matthew M Rankin, Carol J Lam, Aaron R Cox, Jake A Kushner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214829