Molecular and histological responses in rat skin exposed to m-Xylene

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-94

  Gunasekar, Palur G ^a,c   Rogers, James V ^a,b   Kabbur, Mahendra B ^b   Garrett, Carol M ^b   Brinkley, William W ^b   McDougal, James N ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Interleukin 1 ; m Xylene; Skin irritation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; META XYLENE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OIL; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKIN IRRITATION; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA; INTERLEUKIN-1; IRRITANTS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SKIN; XYLENES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0038663141     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.10065     Document Type: Article

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