Biodosimetry results obtained by various cytogenetic methods and electron spin resonance spectrometry among inhabitants of a radionuclide contaminated area around the siberian chemical plant (Tomsk-7).

abstract：:Autosomal recessive woolly hair/hypotrichosis (ARWH/HT: OMIM #278150/604379) is a rare hereditary hair disease characterized by tightly curled hair at birth which can lead to sparse hair later in life. The mutations in both LIPH and LPAR6/P2RY5 are responsible for autosomal recessive woolly hair with or without hypotr...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Chang XD,Gu YJ,Dai S,Chen XR,Zhang CL,Zhao HS,Song QH

更新日期：2017-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present work was to investigate the processes involved in the origin of trisomic karyotypes, i.e. co-migration of sister chromatids (mitotic non-disjunction, MND) and recovery of micronuclei (MN) originating from lagging chromosomes/chromatids at anaphase (mitotic indirect non-disjunction, MIND), and to...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Minissi S,Degrassi F,Tanzarella C,Gustavino B

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The old herbal drug aristolochic acid (AA), derived from Aristolochia spp., has been associated with the development of a novel nephropathy, designated aristolochic acid nephropathy (AAN), and urothelial cancer in AAN patients. There is clear evidence that the major components of the plant extract AA, aristolochic aci...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Arlt VM,Stiborova M,Schmeiser HH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread production and use of nanoparticles calls for faster and more reliable methods to assess their safety. The main aim of this study was to investigate the genotoxicity of three reference TiO2 nanomaterials (NM) within the frame of the FP7-NANoREG project, with a particular focus on testing the applicabili...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Di Bucchianico S,Cappellini F,Le Bihanic F,Zhang Y,Dreij K,Karlsson HL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutagens in the semivolatile phase of airborne particulate matter, diesel and gasoline engine emissions were investigated using chemical and biological assays. The previously unknown mutagens, 1-(3-)nitro-6-azabenzo[a]pyrenes (1-N-6-ABP and 3-N-6-ABP) and 1-(3-)nitro-6-azabenzo[a]pyrene-N-oxides (1-N-6-ABPO and 3-N-6-...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sera N,Fukuhara K,Miyata N,Tokiwa H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The over-production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) can cause oxidative damage to a large number of molecules, including DNA, and has been associated with the pathogenesis of several disorders, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia and periodontitis (PD). We hypothesise that the presence of these diseases coul...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Corbi SC,Bastos AS,Orrico SR,Secolin R,Dos Santos RA,Takahashi CS,Scarel-Caminaga RM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adducts of 1,2-epoxy-3-butene (EB) with haemoglobin were monitored in 17 workers from the 1,3-butadiene (BD) production unit of a petrochemical plant and in nine referents employed at the same factory but not exposed to BD. The air concentrations of BD were determined using stationary and personal monitoring. The ambi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Osterman-Golkar S,Peltonen K,Anttinen-Klemetti T,Landin HH,Zorcec V,Sorsa M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial database on hprt mutant frequency in circulating T-cells derived from 153 normal humans was analysed to determine if any effect of alcohol consumption could be detected. Alcohol intake (as reported in a questionnaire completed at the time of the blood sample) ranged from 0 to 35+ units per week. Donors w...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Cole J,Green MH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbaryl causes depolymerization of spindle microtubules and apparent uncoupling of karyokinesis and cytokinesis in mitotic V79 cells. The metabolite 1-naphthol has virtually identical effects at equimolar concentrations. The closely related 2-naphthol causes similar configurations, but at a much lower frequency than ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Renglin A,Olsson A,Wachtmeister CA,Onfelt A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of novel nanomaterials with unique physico-chemical properties is increasing at a rapid rate, with potential applications across a broad range of manufacturing industries and consumer products. Nanomaterial safety is therefore becoming an increasingly contentious issue that has intensified over the pas...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Doak SH,Griffiths SM,Manshian B,Singh N,Williams PM,Brown AP,Jenkins GJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of salts of 27 elements on recombination and on the production of disomic and/or diploid spores during meiosis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been investigated. Be(NO3)2, MgSO4, FeSO4, CuSO4, AgNO3, Na2HAsO4 were inactive on the events studied during meiotic cell division. AuCl4, CdCl2, C4H6O4Pb, SnCl2, K...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Sora S,Agostoni Carbone ML,Pacciarini M,Magni GE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneuploidy of mouse chromosome 8 induced by a Chinese medicinal herb, Tripterygium hypoglaucum (level) Hutch (THH) was investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in vivo. Male mice were treated with THH (single i.p. injection) at doses of 120, 240 and 480 mg/kg. Colchicine (COL, 1.5 mg/kg i.p.) was used...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Xu W,Ziqing L,Yinrun D,Xiaoyan W,Jinglun X

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytogenetic effects of mimosine, a naturally occurring plant amino acid known to arrest cell-cycle progression at the G1-S border in cultured cells, have been studied. It was found that mimosine inhibits the cell-cycle progression in a dose-dependent manner in primary and transformed Chinese hamster fibroblasts as...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Jha AN,Hande PM,Mullenders LH,Natarajan AT

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinogenicity prediction and battery selection (CPBS) procedure was used to analyze the short-term in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity results obtained during the Second UKEMS Collaborative Study. In accordance with preliminary animal bioassay results, CPBS predicted correctly the carcinogenicity of benzidine, 4,4...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Ennever FK,Rosenkranz HS

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simplified method, using recombinant interleukin-2, foetal bovine serum and freeze-killed feeder cells, has been developed for the mass culture of T-lymphocytes derived from human peripheral blood. In this protocol, bulk cultures can be cryopreserved approximately 8 days after initiation, and subsequent mass culture...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： O'Donovan MR,Freemantle MR,Hull G,Bell DA,Arlett CF,Cole J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO) is used as a positive control in various genotoxicity assays because of its known mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. The chemical is converted into 4-hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide and gives rise to three main DNA adducts, N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-4AQO, 3-(desoxyguanosin-N (2)-yl)-4AQO...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Brüsehafer K,Manshian BB,Doherty AT,Zaïr ZM,Johnson GE,Doak SH,Jenkins GJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BRAF alterations represent a novel indicator of the progression and aggressiveness of thyroid carcinogenesis. So, the main aim of the study was to elucidate the involvement of BRAF gene mutations and its expression in Kashmiri (North India) patients and investigate their association with clinico-pathological character...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Khan MS,Pandith AA,Azad N,Hussain MU,Masoodi SR,Wani KA,Andrabi KI,Mudassar S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the human bladder carcinogen 4-aminobiphenyl (ABP) and its N-hydroxy derivatives was investigated using lysates and subcellular enzyme preparations from cultured human uroepithelial cells (HUC). Mutagenic activation was determined using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98; TA98/1,8-DNP6, a derivative def...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Hatcher JF,Rao KP,Swaminathan S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niclosamide produces genotoxic effects, such as point mutations in Salmonella sp., sperm-head abnormalities in mice and clastogenic effects in human lymphocytes in vitro and in vivo. As cytochrome P450 could be involved in the bioactivation of niclosamide, we investigated which subfamily was involved. We used liver mi...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Beristain-Castillo E,Martínez-Vázquez M,Camacho-Carranza R,Espinosa-Aguirre JJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A perceived disadvantage of transgenic rodent mutation assays is that spontaneous mutant frequencies are high compared to those of endogenous genes and may consequently reduce sensitivity to induced mutation. We have previously argued that unrepaired G:T mismatches from spontaneous deamination of 5-methylcytosine at C...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Valentine CR,Rainey HF,Farrell JM,Shaddock JG,Dobrovolsky VN,Delongchamp RR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified several antineoplastic drugs in Group 1 (human carcinogens), among which chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide (CP) and tamoxifen, Group 2A (probable human carcinogens), among which cisplatin, etoposide, N-ethyl- and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, and Group 2B (possible...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Villarini M,Dominici L,Piccinini R,Fatigoni C,Ambrogi M,Curti G,Morucci P,Muzi G,Monarca S,Moretti M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3 beta-Hydroxy-13 alpha-amino-13,17-seco-5 alpha-androstan-17-oic-13,17-lactam-p-bis(2-chloroethyl) aminophenoxyacetate (NSC 294859) is a new modified steroidal alkylating agent. This compound was given by i.p. administration to mice bearing different types of tumour. It was found to exhibit good activity in L1210 and...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Tselepi MR,Demopoulos NA,Catsoulacos P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black tea theafulvins, a fraction of thearubigins isolated from black tea aqueous infusions, potentiated the mutagenic activity of the mycotoxin aflatoxin B(1) in the Ames test, in the presence of a hepatic S9 activation system derived from Aroclor 1254-treated rats. In contrast, when the S9 activation system was repl...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Catterall F,Copeland E,Clifford MN,Ioannides C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified method for the 32P-postlabeling assay that permits standardized quantitation for specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-DNA adducts is described. This method has been designed to test the components of the 32P-postlabeling assay for use in the chemically specific detection of individual adducts with...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Shields PG,Harris CC,Petruzzelli S,Bowman ED,Weston A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant lambda phage DNA containing segments of human O6-methylguanine-DNA transferase gene was employed to localize this gene among the human chromosomes using non-radioactive in situ hybridization technique. This gene was found to be present at the telomeric end, 26q, of the long arm of the chromosome 10. ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Natarajan AT,Vermeulen S,Darroudi F,Valentine MB,Brent TP,Mitra S,Tano K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An established human hepatoma cell strain (Hep G2) was used in micronuclei (MN) and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assays to evaluate the clastogenic potential of several indirectly-acting mutagenic carcinogens. Benzo[a]pyrene, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl nitrosamine, hexamethylphosphoramide, pyrene and safrole were s...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Natarajan AT,Darroudi F

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five selectively methylated analogs of the flame retardant tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate (Tris-BP) and of the nematocide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) were synthesized and their relative mutagenicities determined in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 in the presence of rat liver microsomes. In all cases, methylation...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Omichinski JG,Søderlund EJ,Bausano JA,Dybing E,Nelson SD

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring oxidative stress in vivo is made easier by the ability to use samples obtained non-invasively, such as urine. The analysis of DNA oxidation, by measurement of oxidized 2'-deoxyribonucleosides in urine, particularly 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG), has been reported extensively in the literatur...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Evans MD,Saparbaev M,Cooke MS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isothiocyanates are plant-derived compounds that may be beneficial in the prevention of certain chronic diseases. Yet, by stimulating the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), isothiocyanates can be genotoxic. Whether antioxidants influence isothiocyanate-induced genotoxicity is unclear, but this situation was ...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Hoffman JD,Ward WM,Loo G

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human metabolome-the complement of small molecule metabolites present in biofluids and tissues-represents a significant part of the internal chemical milieu and is therefore an important aspect of the human exposome. Metabolic profiling approaches, commonly referred to as metabonomics or metabolomics, permit detai...

journal_title：Mutagenesis

authors： Athersuch TJ,Keun HC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00