Global gene expression response of a population exposed to benzene: A pilot study exploring the use of RNA-sequencing technology

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 566-573

  Thomas, Reuben ^a   Mchale, Cliona M ^a   Lan, Qing ^b   Hubbard, Alan E ^a   Zhang, Luoping ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^c   Li, Guilan ^d   Rappaport, Stephen M ^a   Yin, Songnian ^d   Rothman, Nathaniel ^b   Smith, Martyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Gene expression; Peripheral blood; RNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PILOT STUDY; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BENZENE; GENE EXPRESSION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD; RNA SEQUENCING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84882250805     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21801     Document Type: Article

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