Chronic application of nonylphenol-induced apoptosis via suppression of bcl-2 transcription and up-regulation of active caspase-3 in mouse brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 439, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Mao, Zhen ^a,b   Zheng, Yuan lin ^b   Zhang, Yan qiu ^a   Han, Bao ping ^a,b   Chen, Ling tong ^b   Li, Jing ^b   Li, Fei ^b   Shan, Qun ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Brain; Caspase 3; Nonylphenol

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; NONYLPHENOL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MICE; PHENOLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 44649163796     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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