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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6897354 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Lin L Qiu Jian-Ge JG He Jun J Liu Wen-Jing WJ Ge Xin X Zhou Feng-Mei FM Huang Ying-Xue YX Jiang Bing-Hua BH Liu Ling-Zhi LZ
Toxicology and applied pharmacology 20190529
Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a known occupational and environmental contaminant and carcinogen, but new mechanisms of Cr(VI)-induced carcinogenesis remain to be elucidated. In this study, we found that expression of miR-143 is decreased, whereas that of Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is increased in blood samples of Cr(VI)-exposing workers compared with corresponding unexposed workers. In addition, IL-6 was increased in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-Cr) exposed to Cr(VI) compared with unexpose ...[more]