Arsenic exposure induces genomic hypermethylation

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-318

  Majumdar, Sunipa ^a   Chanda, Sarmishtha ^a   Ganguli, Bhaswati ^b   Mazumder, D N Guha ^c   Lahiri, Sarbari ^c   Dasgupta, Uma B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (India)

^c DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Genomic hypermethylation; Hypomethylation; India

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; DRINKING WATER; HYPERMETHYLATION; HYPOMETHYLATION; METHYL GROUP; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS; S-ADENOSYL METHIONINES;

ARSENIC; DNA; HYDROCARBONS; POTABLE WATER; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

GENES;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA; DRINKING WATER; GENOME; METHYLATION;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENES, P16; GENES, P53; HUMANS; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954350629     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20497     Document Type: Article

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