Structural changes in the skin of hairless mice following exposure to sulfur mustard correlate with inflammation and DNA damage

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 515-527

  Joseph, Laurie B ^a   Gerecke, Donald R ^a   Heck, Diane E ^b   Black, Adrienne T ^a   Sinko, Patrick J ^a   Cervelli, Jessica A ^a   Casillas, Robert P ^c   Babin, Michael C ^d   Laskin, Debra L ^a   Laskin, Jeffrey D ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MRIGlobal   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Mast cells; Phosphorylated histone 2A.X; Skin; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKERATIN 10; HISTONE H2AX; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN REGULATION; HAIRLESS MOUSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAKERATOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN HYPERTROPHY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE REPAIR; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASE 3; CELL DEGRANULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DNA DAMAGE; HISTONES; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, HAIRLESS; MUSTARD GAS; PEROXIDASE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SKIN; STAINING AND LABELING; WOUND HEALING;

MUS;

EID: 79959194634     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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