Cadmium induces apoptosis differentially on immune system cell lines

Toxicology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Tsangaris, George Th ^a   Tzortzatou Stathopoulou, Fotini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cadmium; DNA fragmentation; Heavy metals; Immune system; Immunotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LETHAL DOSE; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAJI CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CADMIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032479565     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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