Promotion of cultured vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by low levels of cadmium

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Fujiwara, Yasuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Sahori ^a   Kaji, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cadmium; Calcium; Proliferation; Vascular smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM 45; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031745083     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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