The study of Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in keratinocytes as screening of promoter effect induced by industrial and environmental toxic substances

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Zefferino, Roberto ^a,c   Elia, G ^b   Lasalvia, Maria ^a   Piccoli, Claudia ^a   Boffoli, D ^a   Capitanio, N ^a   Ambrosi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c OORR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Keratinocytes; Mercury; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CASPASE 3; FLUORESCENT DYE; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MONOMETHYL MERCURY; RETINOIC ACID; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LEAD ACETATE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; TUMOR PROMOTION; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CELL JUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; KERATINOCYTES; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRETINOIN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 33644812127     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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