A tanscriptomics study to elucidate the toxicological mechanism of methylmercury chloride in a human stem cell based in vitro test

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 6224-6232

  Vojnits, K ^a   Ensenat Waser, R ^a   Gaspar, J A ^b   Meganathan, K ^b   Jagtap, S ^b   Hescheler, J ^b   Sachinidis, A ^b   Bremer Hoffmann, S ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker identification; ESNATS; In vitro toxicity test; Methymercury chloride; Molecular pathways; Neuronal precursor differentiation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO SELECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; SCREENING; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXAZINES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA; STEM CELLS; XANTHENES;

EID: 84871303392     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712804485728     Document Type: Article

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