"Benzopyrenes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A class of chemicals that contain an anthracene ring with a naphthalene ring attached to it.
| Descriptor ID |
D001580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.799.306 D04.615.799.306
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Benzopyrenes" by people in Profiles.
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Bassi DE, Cenna J, Zhang J, Cukierman E, Klein-Szanto AJ. Enhanced aggressiveness of benzopyrene-induced squamous carcinomas in transgenic mice overexpressing the proprotein convertase PACE4 (PCSK6). Mol Carcinog. 2015 Oct; 54(10):1122-31.
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Joseph P, Long DJ, Klein-Szanto AJ, Jaiswal AK. Role of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (DT diaphorase) in protection against quinone toxicity. Biochem Pharmacol. 2000 Jul 15; 60(2):207-14.
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Joseph P, Klein-Szanto AJ, Jaiswal AK. Hydroquinones cause specific mutations and lead to cellular transformation and in vivo tumorigenesis. Br J Cancer. 1998 Aug; 78(3):312-20.
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Nettesheim P, Klein-Szanto AJ, Marchok AC, Steele VE, Terzaghi M, Topping DC. Studies of neoplastic development in respiratory tract epithelium. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1981 Jan; 105(1):1-10.
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Gamper HB, Bartholomew JC, Calvin M. Mechanism of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide induced deoxyribonucleic acid strand scission. Biochemistry. 1980 Aug 19; 19(17):3948-56.
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Slaga TJ, Fischer SM, Weeks CE, Klein-Szanto AJ. Multistage chemical carcinogenesis in mouse skin. Curr Probl Dermatol. 1980; 10:193-218.
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Schreiber H, Bibbo M, Wied GL, Saccomanno G, Nettesheim P. Bronchial metaplasia as a benign or premalignant lesion. I. Cytologic and ultrastructural discrimination between acute carcinogen effects and toxin-induced changes. Acta Cytol. 1979 Nov-Dec; 23(6):496-503.
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Reale FR, Bartels PH, Bibbo M, Chen M, Schreiber H, Sychra JJ, Wied GL. Differentiation by TICAS analysis of cell populations of tracheal aspirates from hamsters with squamous-cell carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol. 1979 Jul; 72(1):52-8.
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Wied GL, Bartels PH, Bibbo M, Chen M, Reale FR, Schreiber H, Sychra JJ. Discriminant analysis on cells from developing squamous cancer of the respiratory tract. Cell Biophys. 1979 Mar; 1(1):39-54.
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Gamper HB, Tung AS, Straub K, Bartholomew JC, Calvin M. DNA strand scission by benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxides. Science. 1977 Aug 12; 197(4304):671-4.