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Involvement of mtDNA damage elicited by oxidative stress in the arsenical skin cancers.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jul 2013
Lee Chih-Hung, Wu Shi-Bei, Hong Chien-Hui, Chen Gwo-Shin, Wei Yau-Huei, Yu Hsin-Su
Abstract excerpt
Arsenic causes several human cancers. Arsenic-induced Bowen's disease (As-BD), the most common arsenical cancer, is characterized by increased proliferation, dysplasia, and individual cell apoptosis, all of which involve mitochondria. We reported that arsenic causes aberrant keratinocyte proliferation through mtTFA-mediated mitochondrial biogenesis in As-BD. Increasing mitochondrial biogenesis causes cells to...
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