A gametocidal chromosome, chromosome 2C derived from Aegilops cylindrica, was introduced into six wheat-barley addition lines to establish chromosome-mutationinducing lines. These lines, except the one for chromosome 4H, had a pair of respective barley chromosomes and one 2C chromosome (22”+1’); the line for 4H was doubly monosomic for chromosome 4H and chromosome 2C (21”+2’). In these lines, c...

Gadolinium neutron capture therapy (Gd-NCT) is an experimental cancer treatment based on the physical principal that neutron capture by gadolinium-157 ensures the release of focal high-dose radiation, such as Á-rays and electrons. Survival and induction of chromosomal aberrations of human SW-1573 cells was studied after thermal neutron irradiation without and with gadolinium. After neutron irra...

Abstract Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a hallmark of cancer and contributes to tumorigenesis tumor progression. While structural CIN (S-CIN) leads chromosome aberrations, whole (W-CIN) defined by perpetual gains or losses chromosomes during mitosis causing aneuploidy. Mitotic defects, but also abnormal DNA replication (replication stress) can lead W-CIN. However, the functional link between ...

A biophysical model of radiation-induced cell death and chromosome aberrations [called BIophysical ANalysis of Cell death and chromosome Aberrations (BIANCA)] was further developed and applied to therapeutic protons. The model assumes a pivotal role of DNA cluster damage, which can lead to clonogenic cell death following three main steps: (i) a DNA "cluster lesion" (CL) produces two independent...

Meningiomas are common neoplasms of the meninges lining of the central nervous system. Deletions of 1p have been established as important for the initiation and/or progression of meningioma. The rationale of this array-CGH study was to characterize copy number imbalances of chromosome 1 in meningioma, using a full-coverage genomic microarray containing 2,118 distinct measurement points. In tota...

BACKGROUND Mutation analysis and cytogenetic testing in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is not yet implemented in a routine diagnostics of ccRCC. MATERIAL AND METHODS We characterized the chromosomal alterations in 83 ccRCC tumors from Polish patients using whole genome SNP genotyping assay. Moreover, the utility of next generation sequencing of cell free DNA (cfDNA) in patients plasm...

Benzene is an established cause of human leukemia that is thought to act by producing chromosomal aberrations and altered in cell differentiation. In several recent studies increased levels of chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood lymphocytes were correlated with a heightened risk of cancer, especially hematological malignancies. Thus, chromosomal aberrations may be a predictor of future ...

introduction: the types and incidence of the chromosomal abnormalities in failed fertilized oocytes that were taken after routine in vitro fertilization (ivf) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi) programs were investingated in patients referred the royan institute. materials and method: in this study, 364 air-dried preparation of failed fertilized oocytes after either ivf (91 samples) or...

background: rapidly increasing possibilities of exposure to environmental extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (elf-emf) have become a topic of worldwide investigation. epidemiological and laboratory studies suggest that exposure to elf-emf may increase cancer risk therefore assessment of chromosomal damage in various cell lines might be of predictive value for future risk estimation....