Gene Expression of Surfactant Protein-A and Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 in Lungs of Rats Exposed to Silicon-Carbide Whisker in vivo

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 307-312

  Morimoto, Yasuo ^a   Ding, Li ^a   Oyabu, Takako ^a   Kim, Heungnam ^a   Ogami, Akira ^a   Hirohashi, Masami ^a   Nagatomo, Hiroko ^a   Yamato, Hiroshi ^a   Akiyama, Izumi ^a   Hori, Hajime ^a   Higashi, Toshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Isamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung; RT PCR; Silicon carbide whisker; SP A; SP C; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; LUNG DISEASES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 10744220781     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.307     Document Type: Article

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