Influence of age and sex on the spontaneous DNA damage detected by Micronucleus test and Comet assay in mice peripheral blood cells

Cell Biology International

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1223-1229

  Heuser, Vanina Dahlström ^a,b   de Andrade, Vanessa Moraes ^a,c   Peres, Alessandra ^d   Gomes de Macedo Braga, Luisa Maria ^a   Bogo Chies, José Arthur ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^d CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO METODISTA IPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Comet assay; DNA damage; Micronucleus test; Peripheral blood; Sex

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 52949089634     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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