• Author Correction: DNA damage in circulating leukocytes measured with the comet assay may predict the risk of death (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (16793), 10.1038/s41598-021-95976-7) 

      Bonassi, Stefano; Ceppi, Marcello; Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Milić, Mirta; Neri, Monica; Brunborg, Gunnar; Godschalk, Roger; Koppen, Gudrun; Langie, Sabine A. S.; Teixeira, João Paulo; Bruzzone, Marco; Da Silva, Juliana; Benedetti, Danieli; Cavallo, Delia; Ursini, Cinzia Lucia; Giovannelli, Lisa; Moretti, Silvia; Riso, Patrizia; Del Bo’, Cristian; Russo, Patrizia; Dobrzyńska, Malgorzata; Goroshinskaya, Irina A.; Surikova, Ekaterina I.; Staruchova, Marta; Barančokova, Magdalena; Volkovova, Katarina; Kažimirova, Alena; Smolkova, Bozena; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Pastor, Susana; Marcos, Ricard; Hernández, Alba; Gajski, Goran; Spremo-Potparević, Biljana; Živković, Lada; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Perdry, Hervé; Lebailly, Pierre; Perez, Carlos L.; Basaran, Nursen; Nemeth, Zsuzsanna; Safar, Anna; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard (Journal article, 2021)
    • Collection and storage of human white blood cells for analysis of DNA damage and repair activity using the comet assay in molecular epidemiology studies 

      Møller, Peter; Bankoglu, Ezgi Eyluel; Stopper, Helga; Giovannelli, Lisa; Ladeira, Carina; Koppen, Gudrun; Gajski, Goran; Collins, Andrew Richard; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Laffon, Blanca; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Perdry, Hervé; Del Bo, Cristian; Langie, Sabine A.S.; Dusinska, Maria; Azqueta, Amaya (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      DNA damage and repair activity are often assessed in blood samples from humans in different types of molecular epidemiology studies. However, it is not always feasible to analyse the s#38les on the day of collection without ...
    • The comet assay in animal models: From bugs to whales – (Part 1 Invertebrates) 

      Gajski, Goran; Žegura, Bojana; Ladeira, Carina; Pourrut, Bertrand; Del Bo, Cristian; Novak, Matjaž; Srámková, Monika; Milić, Mirta; Gutzkow, Kristine Bjerve; Costa, Solange; Dusinska, Maria; Brunborg, Gunnar; Collins, Andrew Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • Common Considerations for Genotoxicity Assessment of Nanomaterials 

      Elespuru, Rosalie K.; Doak, Shareen H.; Collins, Andrew Richard; Dusinska, Maria; Pfuhler, Stefan; Manjanatha, Mugamane; Cardoso, Renato M.S.; Chen, Connie L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Genotoxicity testing is performed to determine potential hazard of a chemical or agent for direct or indirect DNA interaction. Testing may be a surrogate for assessment of heritable genetic risk or carcinogenic risk. Testing ...
    • DNA damage in blood cells in relation to chemotherapy and nutritional status in colorectal cancer patients — A pilot study 

      Kværner, Ane Sørlie; Minaguchi, Jun; El Yamani, Naouale; Henriksen, Christine; Ræder, Hanna; Paur, Ingvild; Henriksen, Hege; Wiedswang, Gro; Smeland, Sigbjørn; Blomhoff, Rune; Collins, Andrew Richard; Bøhn, Siv Kjølsrud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • DNA damage in circulating leukocytes measured with the comet assay may predict the risk of death 

      Bonassi, Stefano; Ceppi, Marcello; Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Milic, Mirta; Neri, Monica; Brunborg, Gunnar; Godschalk, Roger; Koppen, Gudrun; Langie, Sabine A. S.; Teixeira, João Paulo; Bruzzone, Marco; Da Silva, Juliana; Benedetti, Danieli; Cavallo, Delia; Ursini, Cinzia Lucia; Giovannelli, Lisa; Moretti, Silvia; Riso, Patrizia; Del Bo, Cristian; Russo, Patrizia; Dobrzynska, Malgorzata; Goroshinskaya, Irina A.; Surikova, Ekaterina I.; Staruchova, Marta; Barancokova, Magdalena; Volkovova, Katarina; Kažimirova, Alena; Smolkova, Bozena; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Pastor, Susana; Marcos, Ricard; Hernández, Alba; Gajski, Goran; Spremo-Potparević, Biljana; Zivkovic, Lada; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Perdry, Hervé; Lebailly, Pierre; Perez, Carlos L.; Basaran, Nursen; Nemeth, Zsuzsanna; Safar, Anna; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The comet assay or single cell gel electrophoresis, is the most common method used to measure strand breaks and a variety of other DNA lesions in human populations. To estimate the risk of overall mortality, mortality by ...
    • Genotoxic effects of occupational exposure to glass fibres - A human biomonitoring study 

      Ceppi, Marcello; Smolkova, Bozena; Staruchova, Marta; Kazimirova, Alena; Barancokova, Magdalena; Volkovova, Katarina; Collins, Andrew Richard; Kocan, Anton; Dzupinkova, Zuzana; Horska, Alexandra; Buocikova, Verona; Tulinska, Jana; Liskova, Aurelia; Mikusova, Miroslava Lehotska; Wsolova, Ladislava; Kuba, Daniel; Rundén-Pran, Elise; El Yamani, Naouale; Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Halasova, Erika; Kyrtopoulos, Soterios; Bonassi, Stefano; Dusinska, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As part of a large human biomonitoring study, we conducted occupational monitoring in a glass fibre factory in Slovakia. Shopfloor workers (n = 80), with a matched group of administrators in the same factory (n = 36), were ...
    • The hCOMET project: International database comparison of results with the comet assay in human biomonitoring. Baseline frequency of DNA damage and effect of main confounders 

      Milić, Mirta; Ceppi, Marcello; Bruzzone, Marco; Azqueta, Amaya; Brunborg, Gunnar; Godschalk, Roger; Koppen, Gudrun; Langie, Sabine; Møller, Peter; Teixeira, João Paulo; Alija, Avdulla; Anderson, Diana; Andrade, Vanessa; Andreoli, Cristina; Asllani, Fisnik; Eyluel Bangkoglu, Ezgi; Barancokova, Magdalena; Basaran, Nursen; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Buschini, Annamaria; Cavallo, Delia; Costa Pererira, Cristina; Costa, Carla; Costa, Solange; Da Silva, Juliana; Del Bo’, Cristian; Dimitrijevic Sreckovic, Vesna; Djelic, Ninoslav; Dobrzynska, Malgorzata; Duracková, Zdenka; Dvorakova, Monika; Gajski, Goran; Galati, Serena; García Lima, Omar; Giovannelli, Lisa; Goroshinskaya, Irina A.; Grindel, Annemarie; Gützkow, Kristine Bjerve; Hernández, Alba; Hernandez, Carlos; Holven, Kirsten Bjørklund; Ibero-Baraibar, Idoia; Ottestad, Inger Olaug; Kadioglu, Ela; Kazimirova, Alena; Kuznetsova, Elena; Ladeira, Carina; Laffon, Blanca; Lamonaca, Palma; Lebailly, Pierre; Louro, Henriqueta; Cardoso, Tania Mandina; Marcon, Francesca; Marcos, Ricard; Moretti, Massimo; Moretti, Silvia; Najafzadeh, Mojgan; Nemeth, Zsuzsanna; Neri, Monica; Novotna, Bozena; Orlow, Irene; Paduchova, Zuzana; Pastor, Susana; Perdry, Hervé; Spremo-Potparević, Biljana; Ramadhani, Dwi; Riso, Patrizia; Rohr, Paula; Rojas, Emilio; Rossner, Pavel; Safar, Anna; Sardas, Semra; Silva, Maria João; Sirota, Nikolay; Smolkova, Bozena; Staruchova, Marta; Stetina, Rudolf; Stopper, Helga; Surikova, Ekaterina I.; Ulven, Stine Marie; Ursini, Cinzia Lucia; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Valverde, Mahara; Vodička, Pavel; Volkovova, Katarina; Wagner, Karl-Heinz; Zivkovic, Lada; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard; Bonassi, Stefano (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The alkaline comet assay, or single cell gel electrophoresis, is one of the most popular methods for assessing DNA damage in human population. One of the open issues concerning this assay is the identification of those ...
    • High throughput toxicity screening and intracellular detection of nanomaterials 

      Collins, Andrew Richard; Balasubramanyam, Annangi; Rubio, Laura; Marcos, Ricard; Dorn, Marco; Merker, Carolin; Estrela-Lopis, Irina; Cimpan, Mihaela Roxana; Ibrahim, Mohamed; Cimpan, Emil; Ostermann, Melanie; Sauter, Alexander; El Yamani, Naouale; Shaposhnikov, Sergey; Chevillard, Sylvie; Paget, Vincent; Grall, Romain; Delic, Jozo; Goñi- de-Cerio, Felipe; Suarez-Merino, Blanca; Fessard, Valérie; Hogeveen, Kevin N; Fjellsbø, Lise Marie; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Brzicova, Tana; Topinka, Jan; João Silva, Maria; Leite, PE; Ribeiro, AR; Granjeiro, JM; Grafström, Roland; Prina-Mello, Adriele; Dusinska, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • In vitro genotoxicity testing of four reference metal nanomaterials, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, cerium oxide and silver: towards reliable hazard assessment 

      El Yamani, Naouale; Collins, Andrew Richard; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Fjellsbø, Lise Marie; Shaposhnikov, Sergey; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh; Dusinska, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    • In vivo Mammalian Alkaline Comet Assay: Method Adapted for Genotoxicity Assessment of Nanomaterials 

      Cardoso, Renato; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard; Manjanatha, Mugamane; Pfuhler, Stefan; Registre, Marilyn; Elespuru, Rosalie K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The in vivo Comet assay measures the generation of DNA strand breaks under conditions in which the DNA will unwind and migrate to the anode in an electrophoresis assay, producing comet-like figures. Measurements are on ...
    • The miniaturized enzyme-modified comet assay for genotoxicity testing of nanomaterials 

      El Yamani, Naouale; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Collins, Andrew Richard; Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Elje, Elisabeth; Hoet, Peter; Vrček, Ivana Vinković; Doak, Shareen H.; Fessard, Valérie; Dusinska, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The in vitro comet assay is a widely applied method for investigating genotoxicity of chemicals including engineered nanomaterials (NMs). A big challenge in hazard assessment of NMs is possible interference between the NMs ...
    • Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): recommendations for describing comet assay procedures and results 

      Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Koppen, Gudrun; Bonassi, Stefano; Milic, Mirta; Gajski, Goran; Costa, Solange; Teixeira, João Paulo; Pereira, Cristiana Costa; Dusinska, Maria; Godschalk, Roger; Brunborg, Gunnar; Gutzkow, Kristine Bjerve; Giovannelli, Lisa; Cooke, Marcus S.; Richling, Elke; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Basaran, Nursen; Del Bo, Cristian; Zegura, Bojana; Novak, Matjaz; Stopper, Helga; Vodicka, Pavel; Vodenkova, Sona; de Andrade, Vanessa Moraes; Srámková, Monika; Gábelová, Alena; Collins, Andrew Richard; Langie, Sabine A.S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The comet assay is a widely used test for the detection of DNA damage and repair activity. However, there are interlaboratory differences in reported levels of baseline and induced damage in the same experimental systems. ...
    • On the search for an intelligible comet assay descriptor 

      Møller, Peter; Loft, Steffen; Ersson, Clara; Koppen, Gudrun; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • An optimized comet-based in vitro DNA repair assay to assess base and nucleotide excision repair activity 

      Vodenkova, Sona; Azqueta, Amaya; Collins, Andrew Richard; Dusinska, Maria; Gaivao, Isabel; Møller, Peter; Opattová, Alena; Vodicka, Pavel; Godschalk, Roger W. L.; Langie, Sabine A.S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)