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Prenatal exposure of mice to the human liver carcinogen aflatoxin B1 reveals a critical window of susceptibility to genetic change.
International journal of cancer - 15 Mar 2015
Chawanthayatham Supawadee, Thiantanawat Apinya, Egner Patricia A, Groopman John D, Wogan Gerald N, Croy Robert G, Essigmann John M
Abstract excerpt
It has become axiomatic that critical windows of susceptibility to genotoxins exist and that genetic damage in utero may be a trigger for later life cancers. Data supporting this critical window hypothesis are remarkably few. This study provides a quantitative bridge between DNA damage by the liver carcinogen aflatoxin B1 (AFB1 ) during prenatal development and the risk of later life genetic disease. AFB1 was...
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