Molecular mechanisms of fluoride toxicity

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-333

  Barbier, Olivier ^a   Arreola Mendoza, Laura ^b   Del Razo, Luz María ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fluoride toxicity; Fluorosis; Gene regulation; Oxidative stress; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALUMINUM FLUORIDE; CALCIUM; CASPASE; CATION CHANNEL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROME C; FAS LIGAND; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SPERM CATION CHANNEL; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTICARIES AGENT;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; AMELOBLAST; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RESPIRATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA DAMAGE; ENAMEL; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RELEASE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE FERTILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOSARCOMA; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

APOPTOSIS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; FLUORIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956649317     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.07.011     Document Type: Review

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