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Understanding exposomes and its relation with cancer risk in Malaysia based on epidemiological evidence: a narrative review

Razinah Sharif & Theng Choon Ooi

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The global rise in cancer rates is mirrored in Malaysia. Cancer research now focuses on the exposome, which considers lifelong exposure to various factors like diet, pollution, and lifestyle. These factors, along with genetics, shape individual cancer risks. This review searched databases for articles on the exposome's link to cancer in Malaysia from 2010 to 2023. It summarizes findings and aims to update knowledge on exposome-cancer links in Malaysia. Understanding how exposomes interact with genetics in cancer development could lead to new preventive strategies for public healt

Read this article Volume 46, Article number: 5 (2024) 

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CDK4/6 inhibitor-induced bone marrow micronuclei might be caused by cell cycle arrest during erythropoiesis

Yuki Okada, Satsuki Chikura, Takafumi Kimoto & Takeshi Iijima

2024_03

The micronucleus test is used to assess chemical genotoxicity. Excessive erythropoiesis from bleeding can falsely elevate micronucleus frequency, a common issue in genotoxicity studies due to accelerated cell cycle progression. The CDK family prevents genomic instability, but the CDK4/6 inhibitor PD0332991 (Palbociclib) has shown genotoxic potential, evidenced by positive in vitro and in vivo micronucleus study results. To understand how CDK4/6 inhibition leads to increased micronuclei, we investigated PD0332991's positive outcomes in bone marrow micronucleus tests.

Read this article: Volume 46, Article number: 3 (2024)

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Editor-in-Chief

Masami Yamada studied bacterial genetics and got a PhD degree from Osaka University. Since 1990, using genetic engineering techniques, she has constructed many strains from standard tester strains for the Ames test at the National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo. Such strains are useful for research fields on environmental mutagens.
Strain requests come to her every year from domestic, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and other countries. Currently, she teaches Biology and Genetic Engineering at National Defense Academy of Japan.


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Members of Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society(JEMS)  are entitled to receive discount on Article Processing Charge

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We may offer a full APC waiver to the submissions from the countries where Asian Association of the Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS)–partnering societies are located (excluding Japan). Those countries are Australia, China, India, Iran, South Korea, Philippines and Thailand. Please contact EIC (editor@j-ems.org) before submission.

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Please take following step to receive APC discount.
1) After manuscript submission, corresponding author informs EIC (editor@j-ems.org) of the manuscript number and membership number. 
2) When the manuscript was accepted for publication, author receives URL and asked to complete post-acceptance process
3) During post-acceptance process author requests APC discount by requsting 'Shared Support' on journal partner page.
4) EIC approves the request and discount is granted. 
5) Author pays discounted APC. 

*those authors who were offered full APC coverage by the editor (for invited/solicited papers), should select 'Prepay for invited papers' to receive full coverage. 

see also
-Changes in Submission Process (in Japanese)
-Post acceptance workflow process (Author Journey)


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Aims and scope

Genes and Environment is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that aims to accelerate communications among global scientists working in the fields of genes and environment. The journal welcomes papers dealing with those topics that are relevant to the environment, such as mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, genomics and epigenetics, molecular epidemiology and genetic toxicology, and regulatory sciences.

About JEMS
The mission of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society (JEMS) is to discover how environmental mutagens affect all organisms, and to promote and apply this knowledge to protect human health and our environment. JEMS was founded in 1972, and since then the society has hosted annual conferences and open symposia on timely topics. The society is a member of the Asian Association of the Environmental Mutagen Societies and the International Association of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Societies.

Acknowledgement and information

-Publication of Genes and Environment is partly supported by the Japan Society of Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, aka KAKENHI. (Grant Number 17HP2002).

-Genes and Environment archive of papers published before 2015 are available at: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jemsge

Genes and Environment is an official journal of The Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society (JEMS).

2022 Citation Impact
1.7 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.9 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.563 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.537 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

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7 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
91 days submission to accept (Median)

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