Edited by: Prof Takashi Yagi
Genes and Environment
The 4th Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens was held at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, from 10-12 December 2014. The conference was organized by Professor Ashok K. Giri (President of the Asian Association of Environmental Mutagens Societies). There were approximately 150 oral and poster presentations at the conference.
Arsenic, a naturally occurring metalloid is a well-known water contaminant which causes a wide range of serious adverse health effects including cancer upon long-term exposure. Recent studies have shown high a...
Arsenic toxicity in humans manifests several outcomes in humans, which include arsenic-induced genomic instability, DNA damage, impaired DNA repair, carcinogenesis, dermatological lesions and other health rela...
Eight alternatively spliced isoforms of human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) (OGG1-1a, −1b, −1c, −2a, −2b, −2c, −2d and −2e) are registered at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). OGG1-1...
The radioactive contamination is a significant factor affecting the environment and human health. Radon and its decay products are the major contributors to human exposure from natural radiation sources. World...
The 4th Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens was held at CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, during December 10–12, 2014, in collaboration with All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics...
Biological studies in animals and epidemiological findings in humans clearly demonstrate that estrogens including 17β-estradiol (E2) are weak carcinogens via both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. Carcinogene...
Hepatic cytochrome P450s (CYPs) play an important role in the metabolism of plant carcinogen, aristolochic acid I (AAI). In the present study, we employed hepatic NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase null (HRN) gpt de...