A comparative study of tellurite toxicity in normal and cancer cells

Molecular and Cellular Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-334

  Sandoval, Juan M ^a   Verrax, Julien ^b   Vásquez, Claudio C ^a   Calderon, Pedro Buc ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cancer cell death; K562 cells; Leukocytes; Necrosis; Oxidative stress; Tellurite

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; TELLURITE; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE;

EID: 84876262593     PISSN: 1738642X     EISSN: 20928467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13273-012-0040-6     Document Type: Article

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