In vitro study of the mechanisms of mercury chloride nephrotoxicity;Studio in vitro dei meccanismi di nefrotossicità del cloruro di mercurio

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-278

  Aleo, M F ^a   Morandini, F ^a   Bettoni, F ^a   Tanganelli, S ^a   Vezzola, A ^a   Giuliani, R ^a   Steimberg, N ^a   Boniotti, J ^a   Bertasi, B ^b   Losio, N ^b   Apostoli, P ^a   Mazzoleni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalase; Gap junctions; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; HgCl2; Intercellular communication; Kidney tubular epithelium; LLC PK1; MDCK; Nephrotoxicity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; THIOL GROUP;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAP JUNCTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TARGET ORGAN;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ISOQUINOLINES; KIDNEY; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUBILITY; SWINE;

EID: 0036591296     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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