Article
[The role of DNA adducts in smoking-related carcinogenesis].
Magyar onkologia - 1 Jan 2004
Schoket Bernadette
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies indicate a close association between smoking and cancer. Biological activity of many chemical carcinogens and of their metabolites is induced by covalent binding of their reactive derivatives to DNA, which consequently causes mutations in critical genes. Carcinogen-DNA adducts formed by exposure to tobacco smoke have a key role in the initiation of various types of cancer including lung...
Topics
- DNA Adducts
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Smoking
- Tissue Distribution
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
