Low-dose formaldehyde delays DNA damage recognition and DNA excision repair in human cells.

OBJECTIVE: Formaldehyde is still widely employed as a universal crosslinking agent, preservative and disinfectant, despite its proven carcinogenicity in occupationally exposed workers. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to understand the possible impact of low-dose formaldehyde exposures in th...

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Main Authors: Andreas Luch, Flurina C Clement Frey, Regula Meier, Jia Fei, Hanspeter Naegeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983121?pdf=render