N-acetylcysteine (NAC) diminishes the severity of PCB 126-induced fatty liver in male rodents

Toxicology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-33

  Lai, Ian K ^a   Dhakal, Kiran ^a   Gadupudi, Gopi S ^a   Li, Miao ^a   Ludewig, Gabriele ^a   Robertson, Larry W ^a   Olivier, Alicia K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD36; CYP1A1; Dietary supplementation; Fatty liver; Growth; PCB 126

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CD36 ANTIGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; FOOD INTAKE; GRAVIMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD36; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FATTY LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84865987911     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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