title: [Infrahepatic bile duct proliferation in the gestating rat treated with 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane (4,4DDPM)].
abstract: We have attempted to produce experimentally the histological hepatic lesions observed in the case of biliary infant atresia. Though the etiopathogeny of this disease remains uncertain, the possibility of a toxic origin for the liver was evoked. Female rats were treated per os from the 10th to the 20th day of gestation with 44' DDPM, a molecule able to provoke an intra-hepatic biliary ductular proliferation. If we always observed hepatic lesions in pregnant rats sacrificed 24 hours before delivery, in some cases we also noticed the existence of macro- and microscopic hepatic lesions in the foetus. With a dose superior to LD 50, we have sometimes observed neural tube defects without hepatic lesions.
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; C009505:4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds
vernacular_title: Prolifération ductulaire biliaire intra-hépatique chez la ratte gestante traitée par le 44'diaminodiphenyl-methane (4.4DDPM).