Barium promotes anchorage-independent growth and invasion of human HaCaT keratinocytes via activation of c-SRC kinase.

Explosive increases in skin cancers have been reported in more than 36 million patients with arsenicosis caused by drinking arsenic-polluted well water. This study and previous studies showed high levels of barium as well as arsenic in the well water. However, there have been no reports showing a co...

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Main Authors: Nguyen Dinh Thang, Ichiro Yajima, Mayuko Y Kumasaka, Shoko Ohnuma, Takeshi Yanagishita, Rumiko Hayashi, Hossain U Shekhar, Daisuke Watanabe, Masashi Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3192110?pdf=render