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Fields of interest:

• The molecular events involved in the mechanisms of DNA repair
• Research on fundamental molecular mechanisms of cancer

Recent publications:

Landi D, Gemignani F, Naccarati A, Pardini B, Vodicka P, Vodickova L, Novotny J, Försti A, Hemminki K, Canzian F, Landi S.:
Polymorphisms within micro-RNA binding sites and risk of sporadic colorectal cancer,
Carcinogenesis. 2008 Jan 12.

Pardini B, Naccarati A, Novotny J, Smerhovsky Z, Vodickova L, Polakova V, Hanova M, Slyskova J, Tulupova E, Kumar R, Bortlik M, Barale R, Hemminki K, Vodicka P.:
DNA repair genetic polymorphisms and risk of colorectal cancer in the Czech Republic,
Mutat Res. 2008 Feb 1;638(1-2):146-53.

Pechlivanis S, Pardini B, Bermejo JL, Wagner K, Naccarati A, Vodickova L, Novotny J, Hemminki K, Vodicka P, Försti A.:
Insulin pathway related genes and risk of colorectal cancer: INSR promoter polymorphism shows a protective effect,
Endocr Relat Cancer. 2007 Sep;14(3):733-40.

Naccarati A, Pardini B, Hemminki K, Vodicka P.:
Sporadic colorectal cancer and individual susceptibility: a review of the association studies investigating the role of DNA repair genetic polymorphisms,
Mutat Res. 2007 May-Jun;635(2-3):118-45. Epub 2007 Feb 28. Review.

Vodicka P, Koskinen M, Naccarati A, Oesch-Bartlomowicz B, Vodickova L, Hemminki K, Oesch F.:
Styrene metabolism, genotoxicity, and potential carcinogenicity,
Drug Metab Rev. 2006;38(4):805-53. Review.

Vodicka P, Stetina R, Polakova V, Tulupova E, Naccarati A, Vodickova L, Kumar R, Hanova M, Pardini B, Slyskova J, Musak L, De Palma G, Soucek P, Hemminki K.:
Association of DNA repair polymorphisms with DNA repair functional outcomes in healthy human subjects,
Carcinogenesis. 2007 Mar;28(3):657-64. Epub 2006 Oct 6.

Vodicka P, Stetina R, Smerak P, Vodickova L, Naccarati A, Barta I, Hemminki K. Micronuclei:
DNA single-strand breaks and DNA-repair activity in mice exposed to 1,3-butadiene by inhalation,
Mutat Res. 2006 Sep 19;608(1):49-57. Epub 2006 Jun 23.

Naccarati A, Soucek P, Stetina R, Haufroid V, Kumar R, Vodickova L, Trtkova K, Dusinska M, Hemminki K, Vodicka P.:
Genetic polymorphisms and possible gene-gene interactions in metabolic and DNA repair genes: effects on DNA damage,
Mutat Res. 2006 Jan 29;593(1-2):22-31. Epub 2005 Jul 25.

Kuricova M, Naccarati A, Kumar R, Koskinen M, Sanyal S, Dusinska M, Tulinska J, Vodickova L, Liskova A, Jahnova E, Fuortes L, Haufroid V, Hemminki K, Vodicka P.:
DNA repair and cyclin D1 polymorphisms and styrene-induced genotoxicity and immunotoxicity,
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2005 Sep 1;207(2 Suppl):302-9.

Vodicka PE, Linhart I, Novak J, Koskinen M, Vodickova L, Hemminki K.:
7-Alkylguanine adduct levels in urine, lungs and liver of mice exposed to styrene by inhalation,
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2006 Jan 1;210(1-2):1-8. Epub 2005 Jun 8.