Cadmium induced-oxidative stress in pituitary gland is reversed by removing the contamination source

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 873-880

  Miler, Eliana A ^a   Nudler, Silvana I ^a   Quinteros, Fernanda A ^a   Cabilla, Jimena P ^a   Ronchetti, Sonia A ^a   Duvilanski, Beatriz H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

anterior pituitary gland; cadmium; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; HEME OXYGENASE 1; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTOXICATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MELATONIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78649979387     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110362703     Document Type: Article

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