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Cadmium Induces DNA Synthesis and Proliferation in Macrophages
Bos taurus
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Cadmium (Cd(2+)) exposure increases the risk of cancer in humans and animals. Humans may come into contact with cadmium when smoking and ingesting contaminated food. This will increase the risk of lung cancer and prostate cancer. In the millimolar range, cadmium will inhibit cell growth. Cadmium induces DNA synthesis and proliferation and affects signal transduction and mobilization in macrophages. At micromolar concentrations, cadmium significantly increased cell division as judged by thymidine uptake and cell counts. Activating this pathway will increase the availability of the transcription factor NF(kappa)B and will activate the early genes c-fos and c-myc.
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Pon, A. et al. Pathways with PathWhiz (2015) Nucleic Acids Res. 43(Web Server issue): W552–W559.
Propagated from PW064798
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