Editor's Highlight: Pregnancy Alters Aflatoxin B1 Metabolism and Increases DNA Damage in Mouse Liver

Pregnancy is a complex physiological state, in which the metabolism of endogenous as well as exogenous agents is ostensibly altered. One exogenous agent of concern is the hepatocarcinogen aflatoxin B1(AFB1), a foodborne fungal toxin, that requires phase I metabolic oxidation for conversion to its to...

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Main Authors: Egner, Patricia A. (Author), Groopman, John D. (Author), Satayavivad, Jutamaad (Author), Sriwattanapong, Kanokwan (Contributor), Slocum, Stephen L. (Contributor), Chawanthayatham, Supawadee (Contributor), Fedeles, Bogdan I (Contributor), Croy, Robert G (Contributor), Essigmann, John M (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-08-28T20:46:49Z.
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