Dithiol compounds at low concentrations increase arsenite toxicity

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 432-439

  Jan, Kun Yan ^a   Wang, Tsing Cheng ^a   Ramanathan, Balakrishnan ^a   Gurr, Jia Ran ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b HSING WU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenite; Cellular antioxidant capacity; Dithiols; DNA damage; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CACODYLIC ACID; DITHIOL DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; METHANEARSONIC ACID; SUCCIMER; UNITHIOL;

APOPTOSIS; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY; MICRONUCLEUS; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA;

APOPTOSIS; ARSENITES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; SUCCIMER; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; UNITHIOL;

EID: 33645117632     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj108     Document Type: Article

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