Hexachlorobenzene triggers apoptosis in rat thyroid follicular cells

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-310

  Chiappini, Florencia ^a   Alvarez, Laura ^a   Lux Lantos, Victoria ^b   Randi, Andrea S ^a   de Pisarev, Diana L Kleiman ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hexachlorobenzene; Rat thyroid

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MESSENGER RNA; PROCASPASE 8; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 64349100821     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp016     Document Type: Article

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