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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor plays a significant role in mediating airborne particulate-induced carcinogenesis in mice.
Environmental science & technology - 15 May 2007
Matsumoto Yutaka, Ide Fumio, Kishi Reiko, Akutagawa Tomoko, Sakai Shigekatsu, Nakamura Masafumi, Ishikawa Toshitaka, Fujii-Kuriyama Yoshiaki, Nakatsuru Yoko
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Urban particulate air pollution is associated with an increased incidence of cancers, and especially lung cancer. Organic extracts of airborne particulate matter (APM) cause cancer in mice, and PAHs adsorbed to APM are associated with particle-induced carcinogenesis. PAHs are agonists for AhR and...
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