Characterization of changes in gene expression and biochemical pathways at low levels of benzene exposure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Thomas, Reuben ^a   Hubbard, Alan E ^a   McHale, Cliona M ^a   Zhang, Luoping ^a   Rappaport, Stephen M ^a   Lan, Qing ^b   Rothman, Nathaniel ^b   Vermeulen, Roel ^d   Guyton, Kathryn Z ^c   Jinot, Jennifer ^c   Sonawane, Babasaheb R ^c   Smith, Martyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CD135 ANTIGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; AIR POLLUTANT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CEBPA GENE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP2E1 GENE; CYP2F1 GENE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLT3 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEF1 GENE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONCOGENE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNX1 GENE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; URINE LEVEL; WORKER; WORKPLACE; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84901201139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091828     Document Type: Article

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