In vivo and in vitro effects of chromium VI on anterior pituitary hormone release and cell viability

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-87

  Quinteros, Fernanda A ^a   Poliandri, Ariel H B ^a   Machiavelli, Leticia I ^a   Cabilla, Jimena P ^a   Duvilanski, Beatriz H ^a  

^a Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Hexavalent chromium; Hormone

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CHROMIUM; DNA; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845946211     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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