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Table 5 Diseases associated with arsenic-interacting genes

From: The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database facilitates identification and understanding of chemical-gene-disease associations: arsenic as a case study

Disease Category

Genes1

Neoplasms

177

Nervous system

147

Skin

140

Digestive system

97

Metabolic

86

Immune system

70

Disorders of environmental origin

65

Female urogenital

51

Musculoskeletal

51

Hematologic

48

Cardiovascular

45

Male urogenital

45

Endocrine system

44

Respiratory tract

42

Mental disorders

30

Eye

24

Stomatognathic (mouth, tooth)

22

Virus

21

Lymphatic

15

Connective tissue

14

Bacterial infections

9

Parasitic

8

Nutrition disorders

7

Otorhinolaryngologic (ear, nose, throat)

7

Pregnancy complications

5

Infection

2

  1. 1 Some genes occur in more than one disease category