Effects of sulfur dioxide on expressions of p53, bax and bcl-2 in lungs of asthmatic rats

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 952-957

  Xie, Jingfang ^a   Li, Ruijin ^a   Fan, Renjun ^b   Meng, Ziqiang ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Asthmatic rats; Bax; Bcl 2; Lungs; P53; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; LUNG; MALE; OVALBUMIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70350694234     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370802629602     Document Type: Article

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