Nitrogen dioxide exposure activates γ-glutamyl transferase gene expression in rat lung

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 388-396

  Takahashi, Yuji ^a   Oakes, Sean M ^b   Williams, Mary C ^b   Takahashi, Shigeru ^c   Miura, Takashi ^a   Joyce Brady, Martin ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; INHALATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030977194     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.8087     Document Type: Article

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