"Sterigmatocystin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A carcinogenic mycotoxin produced in high yields by strains of the common molds, Aspergillus versicolor, A. nidulans, and an unidentified species of Bipolaris. It causes necrosis of the liver and kidney and has an inhibitory effect on orotic acid incorporation into nuclear RNA.
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D013241
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.300.953.852.777 D23.946.587.850
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sterigmatocystin" by people in Profiles.
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[Experimental lung carcinoma induced by fungi and mycotoxins--a review]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2003 Feb 18; 35(1):4-6.
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Absence of p53-mediated G1 arrest with induction of MDM2 in sterigmatocystin-treated cells. Int J Oncol. 2000 Oct; 17(4):737-42.
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[Mutation of p53 gene in human fetal gastric mucosal cells by sterigmatocystin in vitro]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 1998 Jul; 27(4):259-62.
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[Effects of extract solution of Aspergillus versicolor on human fetal gastric cells in vitro]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 1993 Feb; 73(2):78-80, 125-6.
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[Sterigmatocystin induced adenocarcinoma of the lung and atypical hyperplasia of glandular stomach in mice]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 1990 Jan; 12(1):21-3.