Tributyltin (TBT) increases TNFα mRNA expression and induces apoptosis in the murine macrophage cell line in vitro

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 266-271

  Nakano, Ken ^a,b,c   Tsunoda, Masashi ^b,d   Konno, Nobuhiro ^e  

^a Fukushima Pref Ken Poku Pub H   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fukushima Institute for Public Health   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Koriyama Women's University and College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Immunotoxicity; Macrophage; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRIBUTYLTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTOXICATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 10044245766     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.9.266     Document Type: Article

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