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Suppression of apoptosis by Bcl-2 to enhance benzene metabolites-induced oxidative DNA damage and mutagenesis: A possible mechanism of carcinogenesis.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 May 1999
Kuo M L, Shiah S G, Wang C J, Chuang S E
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis plays a crucial role in maintaining genomic integrity by selectively removing the most heavily damaged cells from the population. Under that premise, the dysregulation of apoptosis may result in an inappropriate survival of mutated cells. This study demonstrates that ectopic expression of Bcl-2 effectively suppresses benzene-active metabolites, 1,4-hydroquinone- and 1, 4-benzoquinone-induced apoptosis...
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