Effect of dietary selenium on tumor induction by an oncogenic virus.
Mice exposed to selenium-supplemented or -deficient rations were inoculated with an oncogenic virus, Rauscher leukemia virus (RLV), Splenic lesions were not altered by dietary selenium supplementation or depletion. It is concluded that selenium does not affect neoplasia induced by RLV in mice.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004032:Diet; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011925:Rauscher Virus; D012643:Selenium / Q000172:deficiency / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D012643:Selenium