Molecular mechanisms of methylmercury-induced cell death in human HepG2 cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1405-1411

  Cuello, Susana ^a   Goya, Luis ^b   Madrid, Yolanda ^a   Campuzano, Susana ^a   Pedrero, Maria ^a   Bravo, Laura ^b   Cámara, Carmen ^a   Ramos, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DEL FRÍO CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant and detoxificant defences; Cell death; Liver; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLMERCURY; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BCL XS; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); ROTENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NECROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; ROTENONE; TIME FACTORS; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 77951620281     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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