Investigating the epigenetic effects of a prototype smoke-derived carcinogen in human cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Tommasi, Stella ^a   Kim, Sang In ^a   Zhong, Xueyan ^a   Wu, Xiwei ^a   Pfeifer, Gerd P ^a   Besaratinia, Ahmad ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CARCINOGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DIHYDROXYBENZO[A]PYRENE OXIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; SMOKE;

BENZOPYRENES; CARCINOGENS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FIBROBLASTS; GENETIC LOCI; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SMOKING;

EID: 77956546070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010594     Document Type: Article

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