In vitro and in silico approaches for analyzing the toxicological effect of triptolide on Cx43 in sertoli cells

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 717-724

  Ni, Bin ^a   Zhu, Tian ^a   Jiang, Zhenzhou ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Luyong ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cx43; Docking; Estrogen; Triptolide; Virtual screening; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TRIPTOLIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; TRYPTERYGIUM WILDORFII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 57349085059     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510802192882     Document Type: Article

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