Effects of exposure to nanoparticle-rich diesel exhaust on adrenocortical function in adult male mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-281

  Li, ChunMei ^a,b   Li, Xuezheng ^c,d   Suzuki, Akira K ^b   Fujitani, Yuji ^b   Jigami, Junko ^c   Nagaoka, Kentaro ^c,e   Watanabe, Gen ^c,e   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^c,e  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Corticosterone; Diesel exhaust particles; Mice; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIESEL FUEL; NANOPARTICLE; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUTHANASIA; EXHAUST GAS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NANOPARTICLES; ORGAN SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROGESTERONE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84862791856     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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