Characterization of antioxidant protection of cultured neural progenitor cells (NPC) against methylmercury (MeHg) toxicity

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-325

  Watanabe, Jun ^a,b   Nakamachi, Tomoya ^a   Ogawa, Tetsuo ^a   Naganuma, Akira ^c   Nakamura, Masahisa ^b   Shioda, Seiji ^a   Nakajo, Sigeo ^a,d  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cell death; Methylmercury; Neural progenitor cell; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STEM CELL; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 67649208814     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.34.315     Document Type: Article

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