Modifications of the expression of genes involved in cerebral cholesterol metabolism in the rat following chronic ingestion of depleted uranium

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Racine, Radjini ^a   Gueguen, Yann ^a   Gourmelon, Patrick ^a   Veyssiere, Georges ^b   Souidi, Maâmar ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Cholesterol metabolism; Chronic contamination; Depleted uranium

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL 24 HYDROXYLASE; DRINKING WATER; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; ABC TRANSPORTER; ACYL COENZYME A; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 24-HYDROXYLASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR B; STEROID MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTAMYL COA SYNTHASE GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTOXICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; URANIUM INTOXICATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP27A1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LDL; SCAVENGER RECEPTORS, CLASS B; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 69249211338     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-008-9145-8     Document Type: Article

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