Reduced expression of von Hippel-Lindau gene in subjects exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Tsai, Pei Chien ^a   Wang, Ying Jan ^a   Tsai, Jui He ^a   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^b   Ueng, Tzuu Huei ^c   Liu, Hsiao Sheng ^a   Huang, Wenya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abnormal nail; Gene expression; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; von Hippel Lindau

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH IMPACT; PCB; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORACNE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VON HIPPEL LINDAU GENE;

ADULT; AGING; BENZOFURANS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; DOWN-REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, MALFORMED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 52949087174     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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