Mechanisms underlying mutational signatures in human cancers

T Helleday, S Eshtad, S Nik-Zainal - Nature reviews genetics, 2014 - nature.com
The collective somatic mutations observed in a cancer are the outcome of multiple
mutagenic processes that have been operative over the lifetime of a patient. Each process …

Arsenic-induced oxidative stress and its reversibility

SJS Flora - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the literature describing the molecular mechanisms of arsenic-
induced oxidative stress, its relevant biomarkers, and its relation to various diseases …

High glucose augments ROS generation regulates mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis via stress signalling cascades in keratinocytes

H Rizwan, S Pal, S Sabnam, A Pal - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are fascinating structures of the cellular compartments that generate energy to
run the cells. However, inherent disorders of mitochondria due to diabetes can cause major …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental arsenic exposure: from genetic susceptibility to pathogenesis

BC Minatel, AP Sage, C Anderson, R Hubaux… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
More than 200 million people in 70 countries are exposed to arsenic through drinking water.
Chronic exposure to this metalloid has been associated with the onset of many diseases …

Base excision repair and cancer

SS Wallace, DL Murphy, JB Sweasy - Cancer letters, 2012 - Elsevier
Base excision repair is the system used from bacteria to man to remove the tens of
thousands of endogenous DNA damages produced daily in each human cell. Base excision …

Portrait of a cancer: mutational signature analyses for cancer diagnostics

A Van Hoeck, NH Tjoonk, R van Boxtel, E Cuppen - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background In the past decade, systematic and comprehensive analyses of cancer
genomes have identified cancer driver genes and revealed unprecedented insight into the …

Phenolic compounds of blueberries (Vaccinium spp) as a protective strategy against skin cell damage induced by ROS: A review of antioxidant potential and …

DA Maya-Cano, S Arango-Varela, GA Santa-Gonzalez - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
The skin is a tissue with a high metabolic activity that acts as a protective layer for the
internal organs of the body. This tissue is exposed to a variety of damaging agents, including …

Biomarkers of oxidative stress and damage in human populations exposed to arsenic

A De Vizcaya-Ruiz, O Barbier, R Ruiz-Ramos… - … /Genetic Toxicology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is an ubiquitous element in the environment for which the main route of human
exposure is through consumption of drinking water. Reactive oxygen species generation …

Cr (VI)-induced methylation and down-regulation of DNA repair genes and its association with markers of genetic damage in workers and 16HBE cells

G Hu, P Li, X Cui, Y Li, J Zhang, X Zhai, S Yu… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
To examine the mechanism of hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)]-induced carcinogenesis, a
cross-sectional study in workers with or without exposure to Cr (VI) as well as in vitro …

Oxidation status of human OGG1-S326C polymorphic variant determines cellular DNA repair capacity

A Bravard, M Vacher, E Moritz, L Vaslin, J Hall, B Epe… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
The hOGG1 gene encodes the DNA glycosylase that removes the mutagenic lesion 7, 8-
dihyro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) from DNA. A frequently found polymorphism resulting in a …