Toxicity and recovery in the pregnant mouse after gestational exposure to the cyanobacterial toxin, cylindrospermopsin

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-254

  Chernoff, N ^a   Rogers, E H ^a   Zehr, R D ^a   Gage, M I ^a   Malarkey, D E ^b   Bradfield, C A ^c   Liu, Y ^c   Schmid, J E ^a   Jaskot, R H ^a   Richards, J H ^a   Wood, C R ^a   Rosen, M B ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsin; Gene expression; Mouse; Serum chemistries; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CREATININE; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; NECROSIS; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; URACIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; MUS;

EID: 79955005722     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1586     Document Type: Article

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