Stem cell and benzene-induced malignancy and hematotoxicity

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1303-1315

  Wang, Liping ^a,b   He, Xiaoqing ^c   Bi, Yongyi ^a   Ma, Qiang ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BENZENE;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COVALENT BOND; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; BENZENE; BONE MARROW CELLS; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEUKEMIA; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

EID: 84863966313     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx3001169     Document Type: Review

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