Non-Lethal Concentration of MeHg Causes Marked Responses in the DNA Repair, Integrity, and Replication Pathways in the Exposed Human Salivary Gland Cell Line

• Main Authors: Lygia Sega Nogueira (Author), Carolina P. Vasconcelos (Author), Jessica Rodrigues Plaça (Author), Geovanni Pereira Mitre (Author), Leonardo Oliveira Bittencourt (Author), Maria Sueli da Silva Kataoka (Author), Edivaldo H. C. de Oliveira (Author), Rafael Rodrigues Lima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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In Brazilian northern Amazon, communities are potentially exposed and vulnerable to methylmercury (MeHg) toxicity through the vast ingestion of fish. In vivo and in vitro studies demonstrated that the salivary glands as a susceptible organ to this potent environmental pollutant, reporting alteration...