Comprehensive characterization of serum clinical chemistry parameters and the identification of urinary superoxide dismutase in a carbon tetrachloride-induced model of hepatic fibrosis in the female Hanover Wistar rat

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 361-376

  Smyth, Rosemary ^a   Munday, Michael R ^a   York, Malcolm J ^b   Clarke, Christopher J ^b   Dare, Theo ^b   Turton, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatic fibrosis; Rat; Serum; Superoxide dismutase; Toxicity; Urine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR HANNOVER RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; LIVER; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 34548674191     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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