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Bozena Smolkova

Researcher at Slovak Academy of Sciences

Publications -  70
Citations -  1267

Bozena Smolkova is an academic researcher from Slovak Academy of Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & DNA methylation. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 56 publications receiving 909 citations. Previous affiliations of Bozena Smolkova include Slovak Medical University & German Cancer Research Center.

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Nanoparticles in food. Epigenetic changes induced by nanomaterials and possible impact on health

TL;DR: Recent advances in the understanding of epigenetic pathological effects of NPs are reviewed, and their possible health impact is discussed with the aim of avoiding potential health risks posed by the use of nanomaterials in foods and food-packaging.
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Immunotoxicity, genotoxicity and epigenetic toxicity of nanomaterials: New strategies for toxicity testing?

TL;DR: There is a need to better understand their adverse effects on the epigenome, to identify robust and reproducible causal links between exposure, epigenetic changes and adverse phenotypic endpoints, and to develop improved assays to monitor epigenetic toxicity.
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DNA damage and antioxidants; fluctuations through the year in a central European population group

TL;DR: Seasonal variations in antioxidant levels did not follow a common pattern, and Selenium as well as several antioxidants correlated negatively with indices of DNA damage, while zinc levels showed a positive correlation with DNA damage.
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Are glutathione S transferases involved in DNA damage signalling? Interactions with DNA damage and repair revealed from molecular epidemiology studies

TL;DR: Results show that GST polymorphisms and GST activity can apparently influence DNA stability and repair of oxidised bases, suggesting a potential new role for these proteins in DNA damage processing via DNA damage signalling.
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Seasonal changes in markers of oxidative damage to lipids and DNA; correlations with seasonal variation in diet.

TL;DR: High winter MDA levels are seen in those individuals with relatively low folic acid; they never occur in subjects with high plasma folic Acid, implying that folic acids might directly protect against lipid oxidation.