Cadmium-induced changes in apoptotic gene expression levels and DNA damage in mouse embryos are blocked by zinc

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 162-170

  Fernández, Estíbaliz L ^a   Gustafson, Anne Lee ^a,b   Andersson, Maria ^a   Hellman, Bjorn ^a   Dencker, Lennart ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cadmium; DNA damage; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; DNA; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLORIDES; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0242363204     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfg208     Document Type: Article

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