Arsenic exposure through drinking water is associated with longer telomeres in peripheral blood

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2333-2339

  Li, Huiqi ^a   Engström, Karin ^a   Vahter, Marie ^b   Broberg, Karin ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DRINKING WATER; METHANEARSONIC ACID; PROTEIN RAD1; RAP1 PROTEIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; BLOOD CELLS; CHILD; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869459434     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx300222t     Document Type: Article

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