Nuclear damage in peripheral lymphocytes of obese and overweight Italian children as evaluated by the γ-H2AX focus assay and micronucleus test

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 685-693

  Scarpato, Roberto ^a   Verola, Carmela ^a   Fabiani, Barbara ^a   Bianchi, Vanessa ^b   Saggese, Giuseppe ^b   Federico, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Chromosome damage; DNA double strand break

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HISTONE H2AX; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 79551650355     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-168427     Document Type: Article

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