Role ofHFEgene mutations in liver diseases other than hereditary hemochromatosis

p53 mutation spectrum in Japanese Bowen'

p53 mutation spectrum in Japanese Bowen's disease suggests a role for mutagens other than ultraviolet light

✍ Minoru Takata; Ishtiaq Rehman; Jonathan L. Rees 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 46 KB

The Japanese have a much lower incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) than Caucasians, presumably due in part to their skin type conferring relative protection from ultraviolet light radiation (UVR). To examine the contribution of environmental or endogenous mutagens other than UVR, which are