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Association of NALP2 polymorphism with arsenic induced skin lesions and other health effects.
Mutation research - 4 Jul 2013
Bhattacharjee Pritha, Das Nandana, Chatterjee Debmita, Banerjee Anirban, Das Jayanta K, Basu Santanu, Banerjee Saptarshi, Majumder Papia, Goswami Prashant, Giri Ashok K
Abstract excerpt
Prolonged consumption of arsenic-laden water above the threshold limit of 10μg/L causes a plethora of dermatological and non-dermatological multi-organ health problems, including cancer and death. Among several mechanisms of arsenic-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity studied so far, role of arsenic in impairment of immune system is less understood. Epidemiological data, animal model as well as cell line based...
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