Article
Increased glycophorin A somatic cell variant frequency in arsenic-exposed patients of Guizhou, China.
Toxicology letters - 1 Nov 2006
Zhang X J, Chen D X, Xu H H, Zhao M L, Fang N, Du H, Zhou Y S, Cheng M L, Yuan W, Jiang L, Xiao H, Wa Q B, Liu L M, Liu J, Waalkes M P
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to arsenic through domestic burning arsenic-containing coal causes various tumors in a population of Guizhou, China. The glycophorin A (GPA) assay is a human mutation assay detecting somatic variation in erythrocytes expressing the MN blood type, and was used to assess genotoxicity of arsenic-exposed patients. Peripheral blood was collected from 18 adult healthy subjects and 40 arsenic-exposed patients...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Arsenic
- Biomarkers
- China
- Coal
- Environmental Exposure
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Frequency
