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Comet Assay IV Publications

Perceptive Instruments Comet Assay IV image analysis systems have been sited within peer-reviewed publications hundreds of times.  Here, we have listed a few of them:

Papers from 2009

Below are a number of refereed papers from 2009 in which Perceptive Instruments software is used for the comet assay. Applications of the systems include research and testing in nutrition, medicine, biomonitoring and genetic toxicology:

Cytotoxicity and oxidative DNA damage by nanoparticles in human intestinal Caco-2 cells
(2009) K. Gerloff et al, Nanotoxicology 3(4): 355-364

Delphinidin Modulates the DNA-Damaging Properties of Topoisomerase II Poisons
(2009) M. Esselen et al, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 22(3):554-564

Genotoxicity evaluation of locally produced dental porcelain – An in vitro study using the Ames and Comet assays
(2009) M. Noushad et al., Toxicol In Vitro. 23(6):1145-50

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Papers from 2008

Below are a number of refereed papers from 2008 in which Perceptive Instruments software is used for the comet assay. Applications of the systems include research and testing in nutrition, medicine, biomonitoring and genetic toxicology:

Alcohol induces DNA damage and the Fanconi anemia D2 protein implicating FANCD2 in the DNA damage response pathways in brain
(2008) S.L. Rulten et al, Alc. Clin. Exp. Res. 32(7):1186-1196

Analysis of DNA breaks, DNA damage response, and apoptosis produced by high NaCl
(2008) N.I. Dmitrieva et al, Am. J. Phys. Renal Phys. 295(1):1678-1688

Anthocyanin/Polyphenolic–Rich Fruit Juice Reduces Oxidative Cell Damage in an Intervention Study with Patients on Hemodialysis
(2008) T.M. Spormann et al, Canc. Epi. Biom. & Prev. 17(1):3372-3380

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Papers from 2007

Below are a number of refereed papers from 2007 in which Perceptive Instruments software is used for the comet assay. Applications of the systems include potentially harmful and beneficial dietary factors; biomonitoring; molecular epidemiology; photobiology; mechanistic studies, clinical and dentistry.

8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase and MutY Homolog Are Involved in the Incision of Arsenite-Induced DNA Adducts
(2007) Y. Pu et al, Tox. Sci. 95(2):376-382

Absence of DNA damage in multiple organs (blood, liver, kidney, thyroid gland and urinary bladder) after acute fluoride exposure in rats
(2007) A. de Lima Leite et al, Human & Expt. Tox. 26(5):435-440

An optimized method for detecting gamma-H2AX in blood cells reveals a significant interindividual variation in the gamma-H2AX response among humans
(2007) I. H. Ismail et al, Nuc. Acids Res. 35(5):e36

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Papers from 2006

Below are a number of refereed papers from 2006 in which Perceptive Instruments software is used for the comet assay. Applications of the systems include genotoxicity testing of materials used in dentistry; potentially harmful and beneficial dietary factors; biomonitoring; molecular epidemiology; photobiology; mechanistic studies and clinical.

2-Dodecylcyclobutanone, a radiolytic product of palmitic acid, is genotoxic in primary human colon cells and in cells from preneoplastic lesions
(2006) N. Knoll et al, Mut. Res. 594(1-2):10-19

A Protease Pathway for the Repair of Topoisomerase II-DNA Covalent Complexes
(2006) A. Zhang et al, Journal of Biological Chemistry 281(47):35997-36003

Alkaline comet assay study with breast cancer patients: evaluation of baseline and chemotherapy-induced DNA damage in non-target cells
(2006) N. Kopjar et al, Clin. Exp. Med. 6(4):177-190

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Papers from 2005

Below are a number of refereed papers from 2005 in which Perceptive Instruments software is used for the comet assay. Applications of the systems include research and testing in nutrition, medicine, biomonitoring and genetic toxicology:

Biocompatibility In Vitro Tests of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Regular and White Portland Cements
(2005) D.A. Ribeiro et al, Journal of Endodontics 31(8):605-607

The novel human gene aprataxin is directly involved in DNA single-strand-break repair
(2005) P. Mosesso et al, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 62(4):485-491

Genetic polymorphisms and the effect of cigarette smoking in the comet assay
(2005) H. Hoffmann et al, Mutagenesis 20(5):359-364

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Yes, it is very useful and we are in the process of writing a paper also from the data derived from Comet Assay IV.

Assistant Professor, University, USA

I love the software. Keep up the good work over there.

Study Director, Contract Research Organisation, USA

Just to let you know we have started the validation study for Comet Assay IV and it has been going very well! We ran a comet assay last week and scored the slides with no problems at all. I am very pleased with the system and it will certainly make a difference when we run some comet studies this year!

Study Director, Food & Household Products Company, UK

I don't have any questions about the software as it has worked quite well for us...so far we are very happy with the software.

Research Scientist, University, Australia

Perfect and very clear installation and training!

Researcher, Contract Testing Laboratory, Europe

Thanks for your attention and great service. I am so glad that we have Comet IV.

Study Director, Contract Research Organisation, USA

...we are "happy users" of the software

Senior Researcher, Risk Assessment Institute, Germany

The system is up and running. Everybody is impressed with the speed of scoring slides.

Researcher, University, South Africa

The Comet Assay IV system we already installed and is working perfectly.

Scientist, Environmental Institute, Norway

All is going well and the more I use the software the more I love the way it's so simple and intuitive...the comet software is running well and in increasing use.

Scientist, University, UK

We are really very happy with the comet analysis system.

Research Scientist, University, Austria

So far, I'm very happy with the system.

Research Lecturer, University, UK

Excellent, perfectly straightforward.

Scientist, University, UK

We are impressed indeed! It has saved us quite a lot of time and pains.

Director, Toxicology Research Centre, Spain

Comet Assay IV software is in use. Currently our comet analysis is based on tail moment measurement and I must say that everything works properly.

Researcher, Cancer Research Institute, Slovakia

We are very happy with everything, it is easy to work with your software.

Senior Scientist, National Health Institute, Portugal

I have been using the Comet Assay IV Software. It is great! During my software validation, I realized how much easier and precise it is compared to our old software. It makes analyzing the comet slides more enjoyable

Scientist, Medical Research Centre, USA

The system is working great.

Senior Research Scientist, Cancer Research Institute, UK

We are very satisfied with your software.

Scientist, Cancer Research Institute, Slovakia

The current Comet Assay IV system works without any trouble…we are pleased with the system.

Scientist, Chemical Company, Japan

I'm really a fan of your system :)

Genetic Toxicologist, Global Pharmaceutical Company

We're now using the software and it works great. It has cut our time for comets by at least half.

Post Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Health, USA

We have had no problems so far, and we are very pleased with the system.

Senior Researcher, Public Health Agency, Finland

...and the system is running great.

Medical Researcher, Cancer Research Institute, USA

Total change in our lab since you came (with Comet Assay IV of course...)! thanks... :-)

Postgraduate Researcher, University, France

Excellent, the training was very helpful and specific to in-house technicalities.

Lecturer, University, UK

So it's working out fine and we're very happy!

Toxicologist, Health Agency, Canada

We have found the Comet Assay IV software very useful and convenient.

Research Scientist, Food Safety Agency, France

We started using Comet Assay IV and it works well...

Researcher, Nuclear Agency, France

It is actually working great.

Professor, University, USA

Perfect and very clear installation and training.

Study Director, Contract Research Organisation, Europe

It is, indeed, much quicker than the old image analysis system that we had. We are very pleased with it.

Senior Researcher, Public Health Agency, Finland

The system was set up last month, and so far it works very well. Both my boss and I are very satisfied with it and like it very much.

Researcher, University Hospital, Germany

...Everything is fine with the Comet Assay IV system...and I'm pretty happy about this new software with just clicking on the cells instead of drawing a frame around them

Researcher, Cancer Research Organisation, UK

We have just recently utilized the system and are extremely pleased.

Assistant Professor, University, USA

Everything has gone very well with the system and we are very pleased with it.

Professor, University, UK

The installation was quick and all the details were described and easily understandable for the technicians.

Head of Department, Global Chemical Company, Germany

We are using the Comet Assay IV a lot (and our use is increasing). It's working very well.

Professor, Children's Research Hospital, USA

It's an amazing program! Really useful!

Research Scientist, University, Brazil

Everything has gone very well with the system and we are very pleased with it.

Scientist, University, UK

We have installed the software and are using it without any problem. It's really simple! My PhD students are very happy with it.

Professor, University, Spain