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| Title: | Metodologie molecolari e genetiche nello studio degli effetti di agenti occupazionali ed ambientali : l'esempio del "Seveso molecular epidemiology project" |
| Authors: | PESATORI, ANGELA CECILIA
BACCARELLI, ANDREA
BONZINI, MATTEO
MARINELLI, BARBARA
BERTAZZI, PIETRO ALBERTO |
| Abstract: | In 1997, IARC classified 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) as carcinogenic to humans, based on sufficient evidence from animal data and limited evidence from human data. A key role in the IARC classification was played by the well-defined mechanism of TCDD action involving the activation of the Arylhydrocarbon Receptor (AhR). Experimental animal and in-vitro studies indicate that AhR levels decrease following TCDD binding. Nearly 20 years after the Seveso accident, we found a decrease in AhR mRNA levels in TCDD-exposed subjects. AhR transcript levels were correlated with plasma TCDD concentrations. Our results may reflect a down-regulation of AhR, similar to that observed in most receptorial systems. We demonstrated, for the first time in humans, that TCDD-related regulation of the AhR pathway, previously observed in experimental studies, may also occur in exposed subjects. Our data are important for extrapolating AhR-mediated effects from experimental models to humans. |
| Keywords: | 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) ; Aryl-hydrocarbon Receptor ; Environmental exposure |
| MIUR subjects: | MED/44 - Medicina del Lavoro |
| Publication date: | 2004 |
| Citation: | Metodologie molecolari e genetiche nello studio degli effetti di agenti occupazionali ed ambientali : l'esempio del "Seveso molecular epidemiology project" / A. Baccarelli, A.C. Pesatori, D. Consonni, D. Patterson Jr., M. Bonzini, B. Marinelli, J.A. Grassman, P.A. Bertazzi, M.T. Landi. - In: Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro e di ergonomia. - ISSN 1592-7830. - 26:suppl al n. 4(2004), pp. 22-23. ((Intervento presentato al 67. convegno Congresso nazionale SIMLII : Monitoraggio biologico e ambienti confinati non industriali : aggiornamenti e prospettive tenutosi a Sorrento nel 2004. |
| Type: | Article (author) |
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