Circulating mitochondrial DNA as biomarker linking environmental chemical exposure to early preclinical lesions elevation of mtDNA in human serum after exposure to carcinogenic halo-alkane-based pesticides.

PLoS One · 2013 · PMC3669318 · PMID 23741329

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marginally significantp = 0.037actually significant

On the other hand, we observed a marginally significant decrease in the amounts of secreted 8-OHdG in the patient subgroup P3 compared with the control cohort (p = 0.037).

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a clear trendno p-value reported

6A ), a clear trend of increasing levels of mtDNA-79 was associated with the lag time post-exposure.

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