Table 3.

Gene expressions of Cd-induced lung epithelial malignant transformation.

S.No	Reference	Cell type/model	Cd conc.	Molecular Events
1	Lei et al, (2008)	16HBE		p36↑
2	Jing et al. (2012)	BEAS-2B	1μm	HIF-1,VEGF, pERK1/2, p-p70s6k, pAKT ↑
3	Person et al. (2013)	HDL-1D	5μm	CycD1, K-RAS, N-RAS, Vimentin, MT1/2, HIF-1 ↑, p16 and SLC38A3 ↓
4	Park et al. (2013)	MCF-7	3-12μm	b-catenin, GSK-3a/β, LC3-I/II↑, p62↓
5	Son et al. (2012)	BEAS-2B	2μm	AKT, GSK-3β, β-catenin↑
6	Lag et al. (2002)	Prim. Lung Epi	1-10μm	BAX, p53↑