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Melatonin enhances DNA repair capacity possibly by affecting genes involved in DNA damage responsive pathways

BACKGROUND: Melatonin, a hormone-like substance involved in the regulation of the circadian rhythm, has been demonstrated to protect cells against oxidative DNA damage and to inhibit tumorigenesis. RESULTS: In the current study, we investigated the effect of melatonin on DNA strand breaks using the...

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Autores principales: Liu, Ran, Fu, Alan, Hoffman, Aaron E, Zheng, Tongzhang, Zhu, Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23294620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-14-1