Global levels of histone modifications in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of subjects with exposure to nickel

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-203

  Arita, Adriana ^a   Niu, Jingping ^b   Qu, Qingshan ^a   Zhao, Najuan ^b   Ruan, Ye ^b   Nadas, Arthur ^a   Chervona, Yana ^a   Wu, Fen ^a   Sun, Hong ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^a,c   Costa, Mast ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; H3K4 trimethylation; H3K9 acetylation; H3K9 dimethylation; Histone modifications; Interindividual variation; Intraindividual variation; Nickel; Nickel refinery workers

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL;

ACETYLATION; ADULT; CHINA; COTININE; CREATININE; DNA METHYLATION; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTONE CODE; HISTONES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863393614     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104140     Document Type: Article

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