Molecular toxicology of sulfur mustard-induced cutaneous inflammation and blistering

Toxicology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-19

  Kehe, K ^a   Balszuweit, F ^a   Steinritz, D ^a   Thiermann, H ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents; Eyes; Lungs; Review; Skin; Sulfur mustard; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUSTARD GAS; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; BLISTER; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER;

ALKYLATION; APOPTOSIS; BLISTER; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DNA; DNA ADDUCTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HUMANS; MUSTARD GAS; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN ULCER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 67849111547     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.01.019     Document Type: Review

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