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Table 4 Biological processes significantly affected by BaP in both MCF-7 and HepG2 cells

From: Time- and concentration-dependent changes in gene expression induced by benzo(a)pyrene in two human cell lines, MCF-7 and HepG2

Time and concentration down-regulated genes

Time and concentration up-regulated genes

nucleosome assembly

G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle

establishment and or maintenance of chromatin architecture

heavy metal sensitivity/resistance

DNA packaging

nerve-nerve synaptic transmission

chromosome organization and biogenesis (sensu Eukarya)

obsolete biological process

nuclear organization and biogenesis

oncogenesis

chromatin assembly/disassembly

prostaglandin metabolism

 

prostanoid metabolism

 

synaptic transmission, cholinergic