Paraquat toxicity in a mouse embryonic stem cell model

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 515-524

  Perla, Venu ^a   Perrin, Nancy A ^a   Greenlee, Anne R ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Research on Environmental and Occupational Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Apoptosis; Ascorbic acid; Cell death; Mouse embryonic stem cells; Necrosis; Oxidative stress; Paraquat; Pesticide; Reactive oxygen species; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GELATIN; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 38549151696     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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