Article
Transplacental transfer of environmental genotoxins: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-albumin in non-smoking women, and the effect of maternal GSTM1 genotype.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jun 1995
Autrup H, Vestergaard A B, Okkels H
Abstract excerpt
Transplacental transfer of genotoxic material has been determined by measuring the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-albumin adduct level in serum isolated from the mother and the umbilical cord using a competitive ELISA assay and the antibody (8E11) against benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) tetrols. Smoking women (median 5.54 fmol B[a]P equiv/microgram albumin; 21 cases) and non-smoking women living in rural areas (median...
Topics
- Adult
- Environmental Exposure
- Environmental Pollutants
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Genotype
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- Maternal-Fetal Exchange
- Polycyclic Compounds
- Pregnancy
