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DOI: 10.47183/mes.2022.027

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Transcriptional activity of DNA-methyltransferase genes in the chronically exposed residents of the Ural region

Nikiforov VS1,2, Blinova EA1,2, Akleyev AV1,2
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1 Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Chelyabinsk, Russia

2 Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Vladislav S. Nikiforov
Vorovskogo, 68, korp. 1, Chelyabinsk, 454141, Russia; ur.liam@xvorofikin

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Funding: the study was supported by the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia (Government contract № 27.501.21.2 of June, 11 2021).

Author contribution: Nikiforov VS — laboratory tests, statistical analysis, manuscript writing; Blinova EA, Akleyev AV— study planning, manuscript editing and preparing the final version of the article.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine of FMBA of Russia (protocol № 3 dated June 28, 2022). The informed consent was submitted by all patients.

Received: 2022-06-29 Accepted: 2022-07-17 Published online: 2022-08-09
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