Non-genotoxic carcinogens: Early effects on gap junctions, cell proliferation and apoptosis in the rat

Toxicology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-248

  Mally, Angela ^a   Chipman, James Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gap junction; Non genotoxic carcinogen; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CARCINOGEN; CHLOROFORM; CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIMONENE; METHAPYRILENE; PIRINIXIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STIMULUS; TIME; TISSUE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; CELL DIVISION; CONNEXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METHAPYRILENE; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037010620     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00393-1     Document Type: Article

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