Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as initiating agents in hepatocellular carcinoma

Cancer Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-55

  Ludewig, Gabriele ^a   Robertson, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene mutation; Genotoxicity; Metabolic activation; PCB

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; CARCINOGEN; DNA ADDUCT; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGEN DNA INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84878468220     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.11.041     Document Type: Review

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