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p-Phenylenediamine induced DNA damage in SV-40 immortalized human uroepithelial cells and expression of mutant p53 and COX-2 proteins.
Toxicology letters - 25 Apr 2007
Huang Ya-Chun, Hung Wen-Chun, Kang Wan-Yi, Chen Wan-Tzu, Chai Chee-Yin
Abstract excerpt
p-Phenylenediamine (p-PD) is the main aromatic amine used in the formulation of hair dyes. Some epidemiologic studies have suggested that the use of p-PD-based hair dyes might be related to increased risk of human malignant tumors including bladder cancer and hematopoietic cancers. However, the toxicity and genotoxicity of p-PD on urothelial cells has not been reported yet. Therefore, we investigated the...
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