 Benzo(a)pyrene
"Benzo(a)pyrene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A potent mutagen and carcinogen. It is a public health concern because of its possible effects on industrial workers, as an environmental pollutant, an as a component of tobacco smoke.
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D001564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.799.306.300 D04.615.799.306.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Benzo(a)pyrene- Benzo(a)pyrene
- 3,4-Benzpyrene
- 3,4 Benzpyrene
- 3,4-Benzopyrene
- 3,4 Benzopyrene
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| 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Benzo(a)pyrene" by people in Profiles.
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Laknaur A, Foster TL, Bobb LE, Ramesh A, Ladson GM, Hood DB, Al-Hendy A, Thota C. Altered expression of histone deacetylases, inflammatory cytokines and contractile-associated factors in uterine myometrium of Long Evans rats gestationally exposed to benzo[a]pyrene. J Appl Toxicol. 2016 Jun; 36(6):827-35.
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Kanemaru Y, Suzuki T, Niimi N, Grúz P, Matsumoto K, Adachi N, Honma M, Nohmi T. Catalytic and non-catalytic roles of DNA polymerase ? in the protection of human cells against genotoxic stresses. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2015 Oct; 56(8):650-62.
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Xu D, Penning TM, Blair IA, Harvey RG. Synthesis of phenol and quinone metabolites of benzo[a]pyrene, a carcinogenic component of tobacco smoke implicated in lung cancer. J Org Chem. 2009 Jan 16; 74(2):597-604.
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Dai Q, Xu D, Lim K, Harvey RG. Efficient syntheses of C(8)-aryl adducts of adenine and guanine formed by reaction of radical cation metabolites of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with DNA. J Org Chem. 2007 Jun 22; 72(13):4856-63.
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Thirman MJ, Albrecht JH, Krueger MA, Erickson RR, Cherwitz DL, Park SS, Gelboin HV, Holtzman JL. Induction of cytochrome CYPIA1 and formation of toxic metabolites of benzo[a]pyrene by rat aorta: a possible role in atherogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Jun 07; 91(12):5397-401.
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Kaul KL, Novak RF. Induction of rabbit hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 by imidazole: enhanced metabolic activity and altered substrate specificity. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1984 Dec; 235(2):470-81.
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