Embryotoxicity hazard assessment of methylmercury and chromium using embryonic stem cells

Toxicology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 130-143

  Stummann, T C ^a   Hareng, L ^a   Bremer, S ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac differentiation; Chromium; Embryonic stem cell test; Heavy metals; Methylmercury; Neuronal differentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CHROMIUM; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLMERCURY; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NESTIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EMBRYOTOXICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BALB 3T3 CELLS; BIOMARKERS, PHARMACOLOGICAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 36148976121     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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