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Induction of sister chromatid exchanges by pyrimethamine in human lymphocyte cultures

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Egeli, Ünal

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This study examined the effect of pyrimethamine (PYR) on sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in human lymphocytes. PYR is a folic acid antagonist used for the treatment of malaria and toxoplasmosis. PYR was added to peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures at three different doses: 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 mg/ml. The results of the cytogenetic and statistical evaluations showed that the frequency of SCEs increased significantly in a dose-dependent manner. Thus, it is shown that PYR has a genotoxic effect on human chromosomes.

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Oncology, Genetics & heredity, Toxicology, Pyrimethamine, Sister chromatid exchanges, Human lymphocyte culture, Genotoxicity, Toxoplasmosis, Fragile sites, Suspected aneugens, SHL cells, Cancer, Rearrangements, Invitro, Aberrations, Aneuploidy, Gene

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Egeli, Ü. (1998). "Induction of sister chromatid exchanges by pyrimethamine in human lymphocyte cultures". Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis, 18(4), 163-169.

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