Increased Rate of Apoptosis Correlates with Hepatocellular Proliferation in Fischer-344 Rats Following Long-Term Exposure to a Mixture of Groundwater Contaminants

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-322

  Constan, Alexander A ^a   Benjamin, Stephen A ^b   Tessari, John D ^a   Baker, Dale C ^b   Yang, Raymond S h ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Health   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU); chemical mixture; compensatory apoptosis; immunohistochemistry; Liver; terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL) method

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HEPATIC VEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0029896471     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339602400307     Document Type: Article

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