All-trans retinoic acid protects against arsenic-induced uterine toxicity in female Sprague-Dawley rats

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-263

  Chatterjee, A ^a   Chatterji, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

All trans retinoic acid; Arsenic; Endocrine disruptor; Endometrial glands; Estrogen receptor; Estrogen signaling pathway; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BETA TUBULIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; EOSIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GONADOTROPIN; HEMATOXYLIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOIC ACID; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; FEMALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TRETINOIN; UTERUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 81855194270     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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