Formaldehyde-induced chromosomal aberrations and apoptosis in peripheral blood lymphocytes of personnel working in pathology departments.

Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of 37 formaldehyde-exposed women from four pathology departments in Hungary were investigated to collect data on the effects of occupational exposures to formaldehyde and to find a possible relationship between in vivo formaldehyde-induced apoptosis and genotoxic effects. The subjects were divided into two groups: 16 donors exposed to formaldehyde together with various organic solvents, and 21 subjects exposed mainly to formaldehyde. The results were compared with 37 controls (all women) without known occupational exposure.

Risk management among benzene-exposed oil refinery workers.

Ten benzene-exposed oil refinery workers were genotoxicologically monitored in an annual follow-up study between 1990 and 2003 and compared with 87 industrial and 26 matched controls. Each of the exposed subjects suffered from several intercurrent non-infectious diseases such as joint, rheumatic, gastric and dental problems, as well as kidney and liver dysfunctions. The structural chromosome aberration (CA) yields of the exposed donors suggested a dose-dependent response to the mean peak benzene concentrations in the ambient air.

Chemopreventive properties of trans-resveratrol against the cytotoxicity of chloroacetanilide herbicides in vitro.

The beneficial effect of trans-resveratrol (RESV) on health is well documented. Our aim was to study the putative preventive effect of RESV on the cytotoxicity of frequently used herbicides (alachlor, acetochlor). Estrogen receptor positive (ER+) MCF-7 human mammary carcinoma, HepG2 (ER+) human hepatocellular carcinoma and VERO estrogen receptor negative (ER-) non-transformed monkey fibroblast cell lines were treated with alachlor and acetochlor (2-500 microg/ml) as toxic agents, and RESV (10 microM) as preventive agent.

Lymphocyte phenotype analysis and chromosome aberration frequency of workers occupationally exposed to styrene, benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or mixed solvents.

The aim of our study was to investigate the immunotoxicity of benzene, styrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure, to establish the correlation between immunological and genotoxicological parameters, and to assess the possible effect of confounding factors such as age and smoking. The immune status of the donors was characterized by measuring the surface antigens of peripheral lymphocytes. The studied antigens were the following: CD3, CD4, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD25, CD38, CD45, CD45RO, CD54, CD56, CD62L, CD71 and HLA-DR.