Uptake and efflux of methylmercury in vitro: Comparison of transport mechanisms in C6, B35 and RBE4 cells

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1020-1027

  Heggland, Ingrid ^a   Kaur, Parvinder ^a   Syversen, Tore ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Efflux; In vitro; Mercury; Methylmercury; Transport systems; Uptake

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM L; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CYSTEINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GLIOMA; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; TEMPERATURE;

RATTUS;

EID: 68049114474     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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