Effect of dental amalgam on gene expression profiles in rat cerebrum, cerebellum, liver and kidney

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 663-666

  Takahashi, Yoshifumi ^a   Tsuruta, Shozo ^a   Honda, Akiko ^a   Fujiwara, Yasuyuki ^a   Satoh, Masahiko ^a   Yasutake, Akira ^b  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Gene expression profiles; Mercury vapor; Rat tissue

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BETA ACTIN; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; PROTEIN DNAJ; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; SERINE PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR KAZAL TYPE 3; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSLOCASE OF INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 13; TRANSLOCASE OF INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 23; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; VAPOR;

RATTUS;

EID: 84863107156     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.663     Document Type: Article

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