In vitro toxicological characterization of perfluorinated carboxylic acids with different carbon chain lengths

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-104

  Buhrke, Thorsten ^a   Kibellus, Anja ^a   Lampen, Alfonso ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

HepG2; PFCA; PFOA; PPAR

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

APOPTOSIS; CAPRYLATES; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PPAR ALPHA; PPAR DELTA; PPAR GAMMA;

EID: 84874747480     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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