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Antioxidants, 2022 Long-term ingestion of arsenicals, a heterogeneous group of toxic compounds, has been associated with a wide spectrum of human pathologies, which include various malignancies.
Orazio Cantoni +4 more
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Gut microbiota metabolize arsenolipids in a donor dependent way
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 Understanding the interplay between the gut microbiome and arsenolipids can help us manage the potential health risk of consuming seafood, but little is known about the bioconversion fate of arsenolipids in the gastrointestinal tract.
Chan Xiong +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 There is limited evidence on the effects of environmental exposure to arsenic (As) on the immune system in adults. In a population-based study, we have found that urinary As (UAs), and its metabolites [inorganic As (InAs), monomethylated arsenicals (MMA ...
Faruque Parvez +10 more
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Arsenic Metabolism, Toxicity and Accumulation in the White Button Mushroom Agaricus bisporus
Toxics, 2022 Mushrooms have unique properties in arsenic metabolism. In many commercial and wild-grown mushrooms, arsenobetaine (AsB), a non-toxic arsenical, was found as the dominant arsenic species.
Owen Dong +3 more
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Heliyon, 2022 Arsenate, As(V), and arsenite, As(III), are the most available arsenicals present in the soil solutions, in particular in mine polluted substrates, and cause several symptoms of toxicity in plants (like inhibition of seed germination and reduction of ...
Maria Enrica Boi +6 more
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Arsenic: A Review on a Great Health Issue Worldwide
Applied Sciences, 2022 Arsenic intoxication represents a worldwide health problem and occurs mainly through drinking water. Arsenic, a metalloid and naturally occurring element, is one of the most abundant elements in the earth’s crust, whose toxicity depends on the reduction ...
Giuseppe Genchi +4 more
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Pathway of human AS3MT arsenic methylation [PDF]
, 2014 A synthetic gene encoding human As(III) S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) methyltransferase (hAS3MT) was expressed, and the purified enzyme was characterized.
Dheeman, Dharmendra S. +3 more
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2001 The toxicity and carcinogenicity of arsenic are well known, but vexing questions remain. The current controversy over the appropriate Federal limit for arsenic in drinking water highlights some of the difficult scientific, ethical, economic, and political issues that complicate standard-setting in occupational and environmental health.
H, Frumkin, M J, Thun
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Macrophages are ubiquitous custodians of tissues, which play decisive role in maintaining cellular homeostasis through regulatory immune responses. Within tissues, macrophage exhibit extremely heterogeneous population with varying functions orchestrated ...
Bharat Mishra +2 more
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Trypanosoma brucei aquaglyceroporin 2 is a high-affinity transporter for pentamidine and melaminophenyl arsenic drugs and the main genetic determinant of resistance to these drugs. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVES: Trypanosoma brucei drug transporters include the TbAT1/P2 aminopurine transporter and the high-affinity pentamidine transporter (HAPT1), but the genetic identity of HAPT1 is unknown. We recently reported that loss of T.
Aguinaga Andrés, David +19 more
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