Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequency in chromosomes from lymphocytes of a patient with dyskeratosis congenita was 12-2 per mitosis. Our 33 normal controls had a mean of 5-4 SCE per mitosis and 5 patients with Fanconi's anaemia averaged 7-6 SCE per mitosis. The rate of chromosome breakage was only 0-5% in the dyskeratosis congenita patient and 0 to 2-5% in controls, while the Fanconi's anae...

The induction of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) and mutation at the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase locus and toxicities of 40 different chemical and physical agents were examined on Chinese hamster V79 cells. These agents included mono-, di-, tri-, and polyfunctional alkylating agents, intercalators, gamma-rays, and UV light irradiation. Mutation was measured as resistance to...

AIMS To investigate whether current occupational exposure of coke oven workers to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) results in genotoxic effects measured in peripheral blood lymphocytes and whether these biomarkers are associated with the biomarkers of exposure. METHODS Blood and urine samples were collected immediately after a shift at the end of a working week from 50 coke oven worker...

Genotoxic activities of a series of commercially purchased 1,N6-ethenoadenosine (epsilon-Ado) and epsilon-deoxyadenosine (epsilon-dAdo) derivatives were assessed using the sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assay in murine spleen lymphocytes in vitro. Of the epsilon-Ado adducts evaluated for SCE induction epsilon-ATP and epsilon-dATP were highly active (5x baseline) SCE inducers over a concentrati...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate weighted stair climbing exercise (SCE) as a means of increasing lower extremity muscle power in mobility-limited older people. DESIGN Single-blinded, randomized controlled pilot study. SETTING Human physiology laboratory of a metropolitan university. PARTICIPANTS Forty-five community-dwelling people aged 65 and older who had baseline mobility limitations manifested ...

In Drosophila, the Polycomb group (PcG) of genes is required for the maintenance of homeotic gene repression during development. Here, we have characterized the Drosophila ortholog of the products of the mammalian Ring1/Ring1A and Rnf2/Ring1B genes. We show that Drosophila Ring corresponds to the Sex combs extra (Sce), a previously described PcG gene. We find that Ring/Sce is expressed and requ...

The effect of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cPt) on sister chro111:11 id exchange (S( '!•') induction was determined in 13 human primary tumor cell cultures. Primary cultures were derived from surgical speci mens of solid tumors composed of a variety of histologies. Three to 16 days after biopsy, depending on the growth rate, cultures were treated with graded concentrations of cPt for l h...

There is a worldwide ongoing investigation for novel natural constituents with cytotoxic and antioxidant properties. The aim of this study was to investigate chemical profile and stated biological activities of the supercritical CO2 extract (SCE) of old man's beard compared to the extracts obtained using the conventional techniques (Soxhlet extracts and macerate). The most abundant compound ide...

Electronic system-level (ESL) design is touted as a promising solution to sustain productivity in embedded system design in the presence of increasing complexities and decreasing time-to-market. The System-On-Chip Environment (SCE) provides such a SpecC-based ESL design solution. In this report, we demonstrate SCE as applied to the design of a MP3 decoder. Starting from a reference C code, an i...

As a conventional farming practice, tillage has lasted for thousands of years in Loess Plateau, China. Although recent studies show that tillage is a prominent culprit to soil carbon loss in croplands, few studies have investigated the influences of tillage on the responses of soil CO2 efflux (SCE) to soil temperature and moisture. Using a multi-channel automated CO2 efflux chamber system, we m...