Differences in basal DNA damage in blood cells
from men and women

• Authors: Avdulla J. Alija , Andrew Richard Collins , Shemsedin Dreshaj , Fisnik Asllani , Ismet D. Bajraktari , Nikolaus Bresgen , Peter M. Eckl
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We have recently shown that inhabitants of
two polluted areas in Kosovo display more DNA damage
(strand breaks in blood cell DNA) than do residents of
a cleaner area. Here, we present additional analyses of
these data and discuss additional data sets from Kosovo.
Based on our data as well as the available data from
other authors, age and sex-related differences in DNA
damage or in susceptibility to DNA-damaging agents in
the environment should be carefully considered when
designing biomonitoring studies and when carrying out
statistical analysis of the data.

Keywords

EN

Comet Assay; DNA damage; Environmentalpollution; Kosovo

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Biomonitoring
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1

Dates

online

17 - 3 - 2016

accepted

22 - 2 - 2016

received

4 - 2 - 2016

Contributors

author

Avdulla J. Alija

• Department of Biology, University
  of Prishtina, Xhorxh Bush, n.n.,10000, Prishtina, Kosovo

author

Andrew Richard Collins

• Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic
  Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, PB 1046 Blindern, 0316 Oslo,
  Norway.

author

Shemsedin Dreshaj

• Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina,
  Xhorxh Bush Street, n.n.,10000, Prishtina, Kosovo

author

Fisnik Asllani

• Department of Biology, University
  of Prishtina, Xhorxh Bush, n.n.,10000, Prishtina, Kosovo

author

Ismet D. Bajraktari

• Department of Biology, University
  of Prishtina, Xhorxh Bush, n.n.,10000, Prishtina, Kosovo

author

Nikolaus Bresgen

• Department of Cell Biology, University
  of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria

author

Peter M. Eckl

• Department of Cell Biology, University
  of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/bimo-2016-0001