The effects of lead exposure on placental NF-κB expression and the consequences for gestation

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-195

  Wang, Yun ying ^a   Sui, Ke xu ^b   Li, Hong ^a   Ma, Hai yan ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Lead; Maternal cord blood; NF B; Placenta; Reproductive outcomes

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DECIDUA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NF-KAPPA B; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 62549091404     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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