Low-level lead exposure attenuates the expression of three major isoforms of neural cell adhesion molecule

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Hu, Qiansheng ^a   Fu, Hongjun ^b   Song, Hong ^a   Ren, Tieling ^a   Li, Liquan ^a   Ye, Liuqing ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Dong, Shengzhang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead (Pb); Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM); Neurite outgrowth; Neuronal survival

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; LEAD; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEAD; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79952102810     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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