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Against Lung Cancer Cells: To Be, or Not to Be, That Is the Problem

Tobacco smoke and radioactive radon gas impose a high risk for lung cancer. The radon-derived ionizing radiation and some components of cigarette smoke induce oxidative stress by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). Respiratory lung cells are subject to the ROS that causes DNA breaks, which sub...

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Autores principales: Okumura, Naoko, Yoshida, Hitomi, Kitagishi, Yasuko, Nishimura, Yuri, Iseki, Shio, Matsuda, Satoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4437407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26316936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/659365