DNA damage in Pakistani agricultural workers exposed to mixture of pesticides.

abstract：:The influence of several methodological factors on mean values of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and micronuclei (MN) in peripheral lymphocytes of 1,650 subjects was analyzed. Donors belonged to a general healthy population living in Pisa and in two nearby small cities: Cascina and Navacchio (Ca-Na). Blood samples ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Barale R,Marrazzini A,Bacci E,Di Sibio A,Tessa A,Cocchi L,Scarcelli V,Lubrano V,Vassalle C,Landi S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor breast cancer susceptibility protein 1 (BRCA1) protects our cells from genomic instability in part by facilitating the efficient repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). BRCA1 promotes the error-free repair of DSBs through homologous recombination and is also implicated in the regulation of nonh...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Thompson EG,Fares H,Dixon K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a hereditary hematological disease that is characterized by a point mutation in the beta globin S gene and has no specific treatment; hydroxyurea (HU) is the only therapeutic agent used in clinical practice. In the present study, we evaluated the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage index (DI...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Maia Filho PA,Pereira JF,Almeida Filho TP,Cavalcanti BC,Sousa JC,Lemes RPG

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage and its subsequent repair occur heterogeneously throughout the genome, which reflects the nature of the damaging agents, gross chromosomal structure, the specific nucleotide sequence, and transcriptional status. We selected to investigate the repair of DNA damage in an artificial, transgenic situation. Here...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yang H,Kotturi GP,de Boer JG,Glickman BW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Big Blue Rat-2 cells were evaluated for mutagenesis and mutational spectra (spontaneous and ethylnitrosourea [ENU]-induced). Survival, mutant frequency, population doubling time, and kinetics of mutant increase (to 120 hr) were determined. Exposures were 100, 200, 400, 600, and 1,000 micrograms ENU/ml. The spontaneous...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zimmer DM,Zhang XB,Harbach PR,Mayo JK,Aaron CS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lymphocytes and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) fibroblasts were analyzed for cytogenetic and cytotoxic endpoints to determine whether exposure to power frequency (60 Hz) electromagnetic fields (EMF) interferes with normal cell growth and reproduction. An exposure chamber was built to apply variable electric current...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Livingston GK,Witt KL,Gandhi OP,Chatterjee I,Roti Roti JL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mutations play a crucial role in the origins of cancer, and the clonal expansion of mutant cells is one of the fundamental steps in multistage carcinogenesis. In this study, we correlated tumor incidence in B6C3F1 mice during the period after exposure to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) with the persistence of ENU-indu...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Nakayama T,Sawai T,Masuda I,Kaneko S,Yamauchi K,Blyth BJ,Shimada Y,Tachibana A,Kakinuma S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural, and numeric chromosome aberrations (CA), sister-chromatid exchange (SCE), phytohemagglutinin stimulation (LI), proliferative rate index (PRI), and UV light-induced unscheduled DNA-synthesis (UDS) were investigated in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of 48 historical controls ("Controls"); of 14 hospital ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Major J,Jakab MG,Tompa A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National and international regulatory agencies historically have used genotoxicity information as part of a weight-of-evidence approach to evaluate potential human carcinogenicity. Additionally, some agencies consider heritable mutation a regulatory endpoint. Furthermore, genotoxicity has the potential to contribute t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Cimino MC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms have been reported in several cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes, including CYP1B1 which metabolically activates procarcinogens present in tobacco to carcinogenic intermediates. This study used a case-control approach in North Indian population to determine associations between genetic variants in CYP1B...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Katiyar T,Maurya SS,Hasan F,Singh AP,Khan AJ,Hadi R,Singh S,Bhatt MLB,Parmar D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldehydes are widespread environmental and industrial compounds, able to stimulate a range of adverse health effects (e.g., general toxicity, allergenic reactions, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity). We have previously presented quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) for the genotoxicity of simple and a...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Benigni R,Conti L,Crebelli R,Rodomonte A,Vari' MR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Swiss mice are tested under uniform 50-Hz electric field intensities of 100, 170, 220, and 290 kV/m. These values on the basis of equal induced current density are equivalent to the case of a human exposed to field intensities of nearly 8, 14, 18, and 24 kV/m, respectively. The latter values may be found beneath ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： el Nahas SM,Oraby HA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A working group of five statisticians experienced in the use of statistical methods in mutagenicity reviewed aspects of the statistical analysis of genotoxicity test procedures. Issues discussed included methods for integrating biological importance and statistical significance, the relationship of the experimental un...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Lovell DP,Yoshimura I,Hothorn LA,Margolin BH,Soper K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are commonly found in cruciferous vegetables. A variety of biological activities have been ascribed to ITCs, such as inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes and induction of phase II enzymes in animal models. ITCs are also able to block cell-cycle progression and induce apoptosis in human cancer c...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Fimognari C,Berti F,Cantelli-Forti G,Hrelia P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo Pig-a mutation assay has been adapted for measuring mutation in rats, mice, monkeys, and humans. To date, the assay has been used mainly to assess the mutagenicity of chemicals that are known to be powerful point mutagens. The assay has not been used to measure the biological effects associated with ionizi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ohtani S,Unno A,Ushiyama A,Kimoto T,Miura D,Kunugita N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomes of all living organisms are constantly threatened by endogenous and exogenous agents that challenge the chemical integrity of DNA. Most bacteria have evolved a coordinated response to DNA damage. In Escherichia coli, this inducible system is termed the SOS response. The SOS global regulatory network consists o...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Maslowska KH,Makiela-Dzbenska K,Fijalkowska IJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of ground water by industrial waste poses potential health hazards for man and his environment. The improper disposal of toxic wastes could allow genotoxic chemicals to percolate into ground waters, and these contaminated ground waters may produce toxicity, including mutation and eventually cancer, in ex...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Chandra S,Chauhan LK,Murthy RC,Gupta SK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenoxyherbicide and peroxisome proliferator 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) was tested for its ability to induce sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE) in chick embryos. Erbitox E30 (a commercial formulation containing 28% MCPA sodium potassium salt as active ingredient) was injected into the air chamber in ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Arias E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative damage (lipid peroxidation, LPO) induced in a completely defined system containing glutathione (GSH), purified gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and EDTA- and ADP-chelated ferric iron was enhanced by catalytic amounts of cupric ions and by ceruloplasmin (CP). The enhancement depended on GSH concentration,...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Glass GA,Stark AA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzene is an important industrial chemical and widespread environmental pollutant known to induce leukemia and other blood disorders. To be carcinogenic, benzene must be metabolized to produce toxic metabolites. To investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the metabolic enzyme genes are associated...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Xing C,Chen Q,Li G,Zhang L,Zheng M,Zou Z,Hou L,Wang QF,Liu X,Guo X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead is a widely existing environmental pollutant with potential carcinogenicity. To investigate the association of blood lead level (B-Pb) with potential chromosomal damage and cancer, we analyzed micronucleus (MN) frequency of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and the methylation status of six human tumor suppress...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yu LB,Tu YT,Huang JW,Zhang YN,Zheng GQ,Xu XW,Wang JW,Xiao JQ,Christiani DC,Xia ZL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review our studies on the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-DNA adducts in breast cancer. Additionally we report on analyses of the reliability of the scoring procedures used with immunohistochemical assay for PAH-DNA adducts and of potential bias arising from the use of benign breast disease (BBD) cont...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Rundle A,Tang D,Hibshoosh H,Schnabel F,Kelly A,Levine R,Zhou J,Link B,Perera F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of spontaneous mutation spectra derived from different transgenic constructs can provide valuable insights for interpreting the mechanisms of spontaneous mutation. In this study, spontaneous mutation frequencies and spectra of the lacI transgene are compared in the liver of C57BL/6, B6C3F1, and BC-1 mice an...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhang S,Glickman BW,de Boer JG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular analysis of proaerolysin selected glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor (GPI-a) deficient isolates in the TK6 cell line was performed. Initial studies found that the expected X-linked PIGA mutations were rare among the spontaneous isolates but did increase modestly after ethyl methane sulfate (EMS) treatment (...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Nicklas JA,Carter EW,Albertini RJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of micronucleus (MN) induction and decline in blood normochromatic erythrocytes (NCE) of mice subchronically exposed to benzene was investigated during and after exposure. Swiss (ICR) male mice (10/group) were given 0.0, 36.6, 73.2, and 146.4 mg/kg body weight benzene by gavage daily for 14 days, except f...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Rithidech K,Au WW,Ramanujam VM,Whorton EB Jr,Legator MS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common form of pediatric cancer. Although exposure to environmental agents appears to predispose individuals to this disease, little attention has been paid to the role of genetic susceptibility to environmental exposures in the etiology of childhood ALL. The enzymes GSTM...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Canalle R,Burim RV,Tone LG,Takahashi CS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxic responses of mixtures of four chlorohydroxyfuranones (CHFs), 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX), 3,4-dichloro-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCA), 3-chloro- 4-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (CMCF) and 3-chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF), were compared with the geno...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Mäki-Paakkanen J,Komulainen H,Kronberg L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA adducts of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a critical role in the etiology of gastrointestinal tract cancers in humans and other species orally exposed to PAHs. Yet, the precise localization of PAH-DNA adducts in the gastrointestinal tract, and the long-term postmortem PAH-DNA adduct stab...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Poirier MC,Beland FA,Divi KV,Damon AL,Ali M,Vanlandingham MM,Churchwell MI,Von Tungeln LS,Dwyer JE,Divi RL,Beauchamp G,Martineau D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human transcriptome is complex, comprising multiple transcript types, mostly in the form of non-coding RNA (ncRNA). The majority of ncRNA is of the long form (lncRNA, ≥ 200 bp), which plays an important role in gene regulation through multiple mechanisms including epigenetics, chromatin modification, control of tr...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： McHale CM,Zhang L,Thomas R,Smith MT

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA is exposed to endogenous and environmental factors that can form stable lesions. If not repaired, these lesions can lead to transcription/replication blocking or mutagenic bypass. Our previous work has focused on 8,5'-cyclopurine 2'-deoxyribonucleosides, a unique class of oxidatively induced DNA lesions that are s...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Abraham J,Brooks PJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00