Inflammatory biomarkers of sulfur mustard analog 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide-induced skin injury in SKH-1 hairless mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 194-206

  Tewari Singh, Neera ^a   Rana, Sumeet ^a   Gu, Mallikarjuna ^a   Pal, Arttatrana ^a   Orlicky, David J ^b   White, Carl W ^c   Agarwal, Rajesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CEES; Epidermal thickness; Inflammatory biomarkers; Macrophages; Mast cells; SKH 1 hairless mouse

Indexed keywords

CHLOROETHYL ETHYL SULFIDE; MUSTARD GAS DERIVATIVE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; SKIN CAPILLARY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TOXICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOMARKERS, PHARMACOLOGICAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, HAIRLESS; MUSTARD GAS; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PEROXIDASE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 61349192327     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn261     Document Type: Article

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