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DOI: 10.47183/mes.2023.051

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Methylation of cell cycle and apoptosis genes’ promoters in exposed individuals with subsequent malignant neoplasms

Blinova EA1,2, Korechenkova AV1, Nikiforov VS1,2, Akleyev AV1,2
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1 Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Chelyabinsk, Russia

2 Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Eugenia A. Blinova
Vorovskogo, 68A, Chelyabinsk, 454141, Russia; ur.mrcru@avonilb

About paper

Acknowledgements: the article was prepared in the context of the Federal Target Program "Modernization of high-tech methods of identification of medical consequences of exposure to radiation of personnel of the Mayak Production Association and population of the Ural region," Contract № 27.501.21.2 of 11.06.2021.

Author contributions: E.A. Blinova — study planning, generalization of primary material, analysis and discussion of the results, article drafting; A.V. Korechenkova — laboratory tests, article drafting; V.S. Nikiforov — laboratory tests, article drafting; A.V. Akleyev — study planning, article editing, authoring of 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 the FMBA of Russia (Minutes #2 of July 20, 2021). All participants signed the informed consent form to participate in the study.

Received: 2023-10-03 Accepted: 2023-11-13 Published online: 2023-12-25
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