Effects of low concentrations of benzene on human lung cells in vitro

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Giuliano, Mariateresa ^a   Stellavato, Antonietta ^a   Cammarota, Marcella ^a   Lamberti, Monica ^b   Miraglia, Nadia ^b   Sannolo, Nicola ^b   De Rosa, Mario ^a  

^a Medical School   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; In vitro; Matrix metalloproteinase; Telomerase; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GELATINASE A; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; STROMELYSIN; TELOMERASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHALATION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCIENCE;

BENZENE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LUNG; METALLOPROTEASES; TELOMERASE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2;

EID: 67349162920     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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