abstract：:Most women with breast cancer can become pregnant and give birth while undergoing radiation therapy and breastfeeding is generally not contraindicated. The induction of long-lived reactive species in proteins, such as casein by X-ray radiation and DNA damage to unexposed organisms, has been shown when ingesting irradi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Solórzano-Meléndez A,Rodrigo-Alarcón R,Gómez-Meda BC,Zamora-Pérez AL,Ortiz-García RG,Bayardo-López LH,González-Virgen R,Gallegos-Arreola MP,Zúñiga-González GM

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Benchmark Dose (BMD) method is the favored approach for quantitative dose-response analysis where uncertainty measurements are delineated between the upper (BMDU) and lower (BMDL) confidence bounds, or confidence intervals (CIs). Little has been published on the accurate interpretation of uncertainty measurements ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Wheeldon RP,Dertinger SD,Bryce SM,Bemis JC,Johnson GE

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The extractable organic material (EOM) from atmospheric total suspended particles (TSP) contains several organic compounds including non-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), alkyl-PAHs, and nitro-PAHs. These chemicals seem to be among the key drivers of TSP genotoxicity. We have shown previously that t...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Maselli BS,Cunha V,Lim H,Bergvall C,Westerholm R,Dreij K,Watanabe T,Cardoso AA,Pozza SA,Umbuzeiro GA,Kummrow F

更新日期：2020-06-01 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 accessibility of reactive metabolites to test cells is critical for a genotoxic response. However, sulfo-conjugates formed outside may not readily enter cells, and some metabolites formed by cytochromes P450 (CYPs) may not endure transport. This topic was addressed in the present study, using V79 cells engineered ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Zhu N,Hu K,Li Z,Chen Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutagenesis moonshot addressing the influence of the environment on our genetic wellbeing was launched just 2 months before astronauts landed on the moon. Its impetus included the discovery that X-rays (Muller HJ. [1927]: Science 64:84-87) and chemicals (Auerbach and Robson. [1946]: Nature 157:302) were germ-cell mu...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： DeMarini DM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron oxide nanoparticles (ION) are gaining importance as diagnostic and therapeutic tool of central nervous system diseases. Although oleic acid-coated ION (O-ION) have been described as stable and biocompatible, their potential neurotoxicity was scarcely evaluated in human nervous cells so far. The primary aim of thi...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Fernández-Bertólez N,Costa C,Brandão F,Duarte JA,Teixeira JP,Pásaro E,Valdiglesias V,Laffon B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black cohosh extract (BCE) is a popular botanical dietary supplement marketed to relieve symptoms of various gynecological ailments. Studies conducted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) showed that BCE induces micronucleated erythrocytes in female rats and mice. Subsequently, the NTP showed that a variety of BCE...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bernacki DT,Bryce SM,Bemis JC,Dertinger SD,Witt KL,Smith-Roe SL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of the mitochondrial genome is essential for proper cellular function. For this purpose, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) needs to be faithfully replicated, transcribed, translated, and repaired in the face of constant onslaught from endogenous and environmental agents. Although only 13 polypeptides are encoded w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Sharma N,Pasala MS,Prakash A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ultrasound on the cytoskeleton, comprising microtubules, had been studied decades ago. Nonetheless, very little attention has been paid to the effects of ultrasound on the mitotic spindle, which is also formed by microtubules. In this study, we treated human fibroblasts and human cancer cells (HeLa and ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Udroiu I,Coluzzi E,Bedini A,Giliberti C,Palomba R,Sgura A

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:The in vivo model Drosophila melanogaster was used here to determine the detrimental effects induced by silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) exposure. The main aim was to explore its interaction with the intestinal barrier and the genotoxic effects induced in hemocytes. The observed effects were compared with those obtained b...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Alaraby M,Romero S,Hernández A,Marcos R

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:The Pig-a assay is an emerging and promising in vivo method to determine mutagenic potential of chemicals. Since its development in 2008, remarkable progress has been made in harmonizing and characterizing the test procedures, primarily using known mutagenic chemicals. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ji Z,Settivari RS,LeBaron MJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (PC) is commonly diagnosed cancer in men but only a few risk factors, such as family history, ethnicity, and age have been established. Chromosomal instability is another possible risk factor but this has not been adequately explained previously. In this study, we tested the hypotheses that peripheral ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Dhillon VS,Yeoh E,Salisbury C,Butters J,Di Matteo A,Olver I,Fenech M

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recently, high concentrations of arsenic have been documented in ground waters of Southern Assam, India. Indiscriminate smokeless tobacco consumption is a common practice in this region. Correlation between nutritional status and arsenic and smokeless tobacco-induced health effects has not been taken up in h...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Das S,Langthasa P,Barhoi D,Upadhaya P,Giri S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread application of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on industrial, biomedical, and consumer products can represent an emerging respiratory occupational hazard. Particularly, their similarity with the fiber-like shape of asbestos have raised a strong concern about their carcinogenic potential. Several in vitro and in ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ventura C,Sousa-Uva A,Lavinha J,Silva MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) is associated with adverse cardiopulmonary health effects, including lung cancer. Ambient PM represents a heterogeneous mixture of chemical classes including transition metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives such as nitro-PAHs, many of w...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Jarvis IWH,Enlo-Scott Z,Nagy E,Mudway IS,Tetley TD,Arlt VM,Phillips DH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,6-Dicyano-4-nitroaniline and 2-cyano-4-nitroaniline (CNNA; 2-amino-5-nitrobenzonitrile) are potent mutagens in the Ames test, even though unsubstituted nitroanilines (NAs) are no more than weak mutagens. These compounds are putative reduction products of many commercial azo dyes, including Disperse Blue 165, Dispers...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Josephy PD,Dhanoa J,Elzawy G,Heney K,Petrie L,Senis C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transporter associated with antigen processing 2 (TAP2) is involved in the development of multidrug resistance and the etiology of immunological diseases. In this study, we investigated whether the expression of TAP2 can be perturbed by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in 3'-untranslated region (3'-U...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Knox B,Wang Y,Rogers LJ,Xuan J,Yu D,Guan H,Chen J,Shi T,Ning B,Kadlubar SA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 (CYP), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) are crucial for metabolism and clearance of xenobiotics. This study investigated whether CYP, GST, and NAT single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with Lynch syndrome. The intera...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kamiza AB,You JF,Wang WC,Tang R,Chang CY,Chien HT,Lai CH,Chiu LL,Lo TP,Hung KY,Hsiung CA,Yeh CC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of cell surface glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein(s) has been used as a reporter of Pig-a gene mutation in several model systems. As an extension of this work, our laboratory initiated development of an in vitro mutation assay based on the flow cytometric assessment of CD90.2 expression on the c...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Bemis JC,Avlasevich SL,Labash C,McKinzie P,Revollo J,Dobrovolsky VN,Dertinger SD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotoxic effects of therapeutic ultrasound are poorly documented, when compared with the wide use of this physical agent. The aim of this work was to investigate the clastogenic and aneugenic potential of 1 MHz ultrasound, employing intensities (200 and 300 mW/cm2 ) above the cavitational threshold, but in the range ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Udroiu I,Marinaccio J,Bedini A,Giliberti C,Palomba R,Sgura A

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Increased telomerase expression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of lung cancer and, since the primary cause of lung cancer is smoking, an association between telomerase reactivation and tobacco smoke has been proposed. In this work an investigation has been performed to assess the relationship between tobacco ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Marcon F,Siniscalchi E,Andreoli C,Allione A,Fiorito G,Medda E,Guarrera S,Matullo G,Crebelli R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk estimates for radiation-induced cancer in humans are based on epidemiological data largely drawn from the Japanese atomic bomb survivor studies, which received an acute high dose rate (HDR) ionising radiation. Limited knowledge exists about the effects of chronic low dose rate (LDR) exposure, particularly with re...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Graupner A,Eide DM,Brede DA,Ellender M,Lindbo Hansen E,Oughton DH,Bouffler SD,Brunborg G,Olsen AK

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Mutagenicity is an important toxicological endpoint that requires thorough evaluation during the industrial chemical registration process. Regulatory requirements for mutagenicity assessment in registration of industrial chemicals vary in geographic regions (and in some cases by intended application). Here we compile ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Ji Z,Ball NS,LeBaron MJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umu test is one of the in vitro genotoxicity test that has been used widely. It was developed as a high-throughput test system using the 96-well microplate. We have previously constructed new umu test strains for the evaluation of genotoxicity of procarcinogenic metabolic products formed by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzym...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Hori H,Hirata D,Fujii W,Oda Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylene oxide (EO) is a direct acting alkylating agent; in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that it is both a mutagen and a carcinogen. However, it remains unclear whether the mode of action (MOA) for cancer for EO is a mutagenic MOA, specifically via point mutation. To investigate the MOA for EO-induced mouse lung...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Manjanatha MG,Shelton SD,Chen Y,Parsons BL,Myers MB,McKim KL,Gollapudi BB,Moore NP,Haber LT,Allen B,Moore MM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coal tar (CT) is a thick black liquid produced as a by-product of coal carbonization to produce coke or manufactured gas. It is comprised a complex mixture of polycyclic aromatic compounds, including a wide range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), many of which are genotoxic and carcinogenic. CT is used in so...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Long AS,Watson M,Arlt VM,White PA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant gliomas are heterogeneous populations of dynamically interacting cells. Genomic and transcriptional changes define this cellular hierarchy and allow certain tumor cells to co-opt metabolic machinery and adopt gene expression profiles that promote cellular reprogramming. Resultant expansion of privileged subp...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Baulch JE,Geidzinski E,Tran KK,Yu L,Zhou YH,Limoli CL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro transcriptional signatures that predict toxicities can facilitate chemical screening. We previously developed a transcriptomic biomarker (known as TGx-28.65) for classifying agents as genotoxic (DNA damaging) and non-genotoxic in human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells. Because TK6 cells do not express cytochrome P450...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Yauk CL,Buick JK,Williams A,Swartz CD,Recio L,Li HH,Fornace AJ Jr,Thomson EM,Aubrecht J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molindone hydrochloride is a dihydroindolone neuroleptic with dopamine D2 and D5 receptor antagonist activity. As an integral component of its preclinical safety evaluation, molindone hydrochloride was evaluated in a series of in vitro and in vivo genetic toxicology assays. In the bacterial reverse gene mutation assay...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Krishna G,Gopalakrishnan G,Goel S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of mutations induced by xenotoxins is a common task in the field of genetic toxicology. Mutations are often detected by clonally expanding potential mutant cells and genotyping each viable clone by Sanger sequencing. Such a "clone-by-clone" approach requires significant time and effort, and sometimes is...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Revollo JR,Crabtree NM,Pearce MG,Pacheco-Martinez MM,Dobrovolsky VN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational exposure to pesticides in tobacco fields causes genetic damage in farmers. The aim of this study was to analyze tobacco farmers chronically exposed to low doses of pesticides and nicotine (present in the tobacco leaves) in relation to absolute telomere length (aTL), and explore the influence of lifestyle ...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kahl VF,Simon D,Salvador M,Branco Cdos S,Dias JF,da Silva FR,de Souza CT,da Silva J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the exposome paradigm all nongenetic factors contributing to disease are considered to be 'environmental' including chemicals, drugs, infectious agents, and psychosocial stress. We can consider these collectively as environmental stressors. Exposomics is the comprehensive analysis of exposure to all environmenta...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Smith MT,de la Rosa R,Daniels SI

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerase κ (Pol κ) is a specialized DNA polymerase involved in translesion DNA synthesis. Although its bypass activities across lesions are well characterized in biochemistry, its cellular protective roles against genotoxic insults are still elusive. To better understand the in vivo protective roles, we have est...

journal_title：Environmental and molecular mutagenesis

authors： Kanemaru Y,Suzuki T,Niimi N,Grúz P,Matsumoto K,Adachi N,Honma M,Nohmi T

更新日期：2015-10-01 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