Flow cytometric analysis of micronuclei in peripheral blood reticulocytes: I. Intra- and interlaboratory comparison with microscopic scoring

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Dertinger, Stephen D ^a   Bishop, Michelle E ^b   McNamee, James P ^c   Hayashi, Makoto ^d   Suzuki, Takayoshi ^d   Asano, Norihide ^e   Nakajima, Madoka ^f   Saito, Junichiro ^g   Moore, Martha ^b   Torous, Dorothea K ^a   MacGregor, James T ^h,i  

^a LITRON LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e NITTO DENKO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f An Pyo Center   (Japan)

^g ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^h CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ Toxicology Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

CD71; Flow cytometric analysis; Micronucleus test; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETICULOCYTE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENCE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENS; PROPIDIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETICULOCYTES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749605633     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl075     Document Type: Article

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