Cadmium-induced effects on cellular signaling pathways in the liver of transgenic estrogen reporter mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-75

  Ali, Imran ^a   Damdimopoulou, Pauliina ^a   Stenius, Ulla ^a   Adamsson, Annika ^b   Mäkelä, Sari I ^b   Åkesson, Agneta ^a   Berglund, Marika ^a   Håkansson, Helen ^a   Halldin, Krister ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Cadmium; Estrogen reporter mouse; Gene expression; MAPK activation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LUCIFERASE; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84860133214     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs077     Document Type: Article

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