Sublethal effects of atrazine concentrations exposure on tadpoles of Dendropsophus minutus: Evaluation of redox status, micronuclei frequencies and comet assay as biomarkers Atrazine (ATZ) is an herbicide that can persist in terrestrial and aquatic environments and potentially cause significant harm to amphibian health. Th…

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The herbicide atrazine causes DNA damage
at all tested concentrations in tadpoles.

Mutagenic effects
increased at higher atrazine concentrations.
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Evidence for lung barrier regeneration by differentiation prior to binucleated and stem cell divisio... Lung alveoli are lined by an exquisitely thin monolayer of cells adapted for gas exchange. Guild et al. elucidate a specialized regenerative program by which th

More evidence for #binucleated #polyploid AT2 cells in the lung with implications for #epithelialbarrier repair!