High level glucose increases mutagenesis in human lymphoblastoid cells

<p>Epidemiological data have suggested an increased cancer rates in diabetic patients, for which the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. We studied whether high level of glucose (HG) treatment that mimic the hyperglycemic condition in diabetes mellitus is mutagenic. Mutagenesis studies...

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Main Author: Ying Zhang, Junqing Zhou, Tieli Wang, Lu Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2007-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.biolsci.org/v03p0375.htm