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Elevation of Cellular BPDE Uptake by Human Cells: A Possible Factor Contributing to Co-Carcinogenicity by Arsenite
Author(s) -
Shengwen Shen,
Jane Lee,
Xuejun Sun,
Hailin Wang,
Michael Weinfeld,
X. Chris Le
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9284
Subject(s) - carcinogen , benzo(a)pyrene , dna damage , chemistry , dna repair , dna , chromatin , arsenite , arsenic , glutathione , nucleotide excision repair , sodium arsenite , biochemistry , enzyme , organic chemistry
Arsenite (iAsIII) can promote mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of other carcinogens. Considerable attention has focused on interference with DNA repair by inorganic arsenic, especially the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway, whereas less is known about the effect of arsenic on the induction of DNA damage by other agents.

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