A Mode-of-Action Approach for the Identification of Genotoxic Carcinogens

Distinguishing between clastogens and aneugens is vital in cancer risk assessment because the default assumption is that clastogens and aneugens have linear and non-linear dose-response curves, respectively. Any observed non-linearity must be supported by mode of action (MOA) analyses where biologic...

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Main Authors: Hernández, Lya G., van Benthem, Jan, Johnson, George E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652818/