Depleted uranium is not toxic to rat brain endothelial (RBE4) cells

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-72

  Dobson, Allison W ^a   Lack, Anna K ^b   Erikson, Keith M ^c   Aschner, Michael ^d  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Depleted uranium (DU); Endothelium; Heavey metal toxicity

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CELL MARKER; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; URANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; RATS; URANIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646892831     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:110:1:61     Document Type: Article

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