Ultrastructural lesions induced by neptunium-237: Apoptosis or necrosis?

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 654-661

  Pusset, David ^a   Fromm, M ^a   Poncy, J L ^b   Kantelip, B ^c   Galle, P ^d   Chambaudet, A ^a   Baud, M ^a   Boulahdour, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Contamination; Intracellular concentration; Neptunium

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNIUM 237; NITRATE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; INJECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTINOID SERIES ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HEPATOCYTES; INCLUSION BODIES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NECROSIS; NEPTUNIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036446661     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y02-088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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