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ReviewMutagenesis2025

Genetic and environmental associations of nonspecific chromosomal aberrations.

Kari Hemminki, Yasmeen Niazi, Ludmila Vodickova, Pavel Vodicka, Asta Försti

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Review in Mutagenesis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biological effects ofEuropean radiology · 2026
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  5. Update on Occupational Cancer for Better Cancer Prevention and Control.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kari HemminkiFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen 32300, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-2769-3316
Yasmeen NiaziHopp Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Ludmila VodickovaFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen 32300, Czech Republic.
Pavel VodickaFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen 32300, Czech Republic.
Asta FörstiHopp Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
German Cancer Research Center · DECzech Academy of Sciences · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonspecific structural chromosomal aberrations (CAs) are found in around 1% of circulating lymphocytes from healthy individuals but the frequency may be higher after exposure to carcinogenic chemicals or radiation. CAs have been used in the monitoring of persons exposed to genotoxic agents and radiation. Previous studies on occupationally exposed individuals have shown associations between the frequency of CAs in peripheral blood lymphocytes and subsequent cancer risk. The cause for CA formation is believed to be unrepaired or insufficiently repaired DNA double-strand breaks or other DNA damage, and additionally telomere shortening. CAs include chromosome (CSAs) and chromatid type aberrations (CTAs). In the present review, we first describe the types of CAs, the conventional techniques used for their detection and some aspects of interpreting the results. We then focus on germline genetic variation in the frequency and type of CAs measured in a genome-wide association study in healthy individuals in relation to occupational and smoking-related exposure compared to nonexposed referents. The associations (at P < 10-5) on 1473 healthy individuals were broadly classified in candidate genes from functional pathways related to DNA damage response/repair, including PSMA1, UBR5, RRM2B, PMS2P4, STAG3L4, BOD1, COPRS, and FTO; another group included genes related to apoptosis, cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and tumorigenesis, COPB1, NR2C1, COPRS, RHOT1, ITGB3, SYK, and SEMA6A; a third small group mapped to genes KLF7, SEMA5A and ITGB3 which were related to autistic traits, known to manifest frequent CAs. Dedicated studies on 153 DNA repair genes showed associations for some 30 genes, the expression of which could be modified by the implicated variants. We finally point out that monitoring of CAs is so far the only method of assessing cancer risk in healthy human populations, and the use of the technology should be made more attractive by developing automated performance steps and incorporating artificial intelligence methods into the scoring.

Indexed as

Chromosome AberrationsEnvironmental ExposureGene-Environment InteractionDNA DamageDNA RepairGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansLymphocytesOccupational Exposurecancerchromosomal damageDNA repairdouble-strand breakgenetics

Identifiers

PMID38422374
PMCPMC11911008
OpenAlexW4392351732

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