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Polychlorinated biphenyls promote 1-nitropyrene-induced lung tumorigenesis without the induction of K-ras gene mutation in A/J mice.
Teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis - 1 Jan 2001
Nakanishi Y, Bai F, Inoue K, Takayama K, Pei X H, Harada T, Izumi M, Kimotsuki K, Tokiwa H, Hara N
Abstract excerpt
Although the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on human lung carcinogenesis are suggested from the massive PCBs poisoning that occurred in Japan designated "Yusho," the detailed molecular mechanism are unknown. 1 nitropyrene (1-NP), an ubiquitous and abundant environmental pollutant, is...
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