Cellular Effects of Heavy Metals

Cellular Effects of Heavy Metals-1

Gáspár Bánfalvi
Editor

2011

Cellular lesions are related to macromolecular synthetic processes including the hierarchical flow of genetic information. Heavy metals generate oxidizing radicals through the Fenton and Haber-Weiss reactions leading to metal-induced carcinogenesis mediated primarily by the elevated levels of reactive oxygen species.

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