Cytogenetic analysis of human bile for mutagenicity and co-mutagenicity.

doi:10.1620/tjem.163.255

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Cytogenetic analysis of human bile for mutagenicity and co-mutagenicity.

The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Apr 1991

Watanabe M, Takagi S, Magara J, Mano H, Tsunoda M, Nakadaira H, Endoh K, Yamamoto M, Kato K, Akai S

Abstract excerpt

Cytogenetic analysis was used to test whether or not human bile induced chromosome abnormalities in lymphocytes grown in culture. Bile was obtained from gallbladders resected for various reasons such as cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, polypus and cancers of the biliary tract, stomach and pancreas....

Topics

Adult
Bile
Cells, Cultured
Chromosome Aberrations
Female
Humans
Lymphocytes
Male
Mitomycin
Mitomycins
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Staining and Labeling

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