Acetaminophen prevents oxidative burst and delays apoptosis in human neutrophils

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-177

  Freitas, Marisa ^a   Costa, Vera M ^a   Ribeiro, Daniela ^a   Couto, Diana ^a   Porto, Graça ^b   Carvalho, Félix ^a   Fernandes, Eduarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Apoptosis; Human neutrophils; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; PARACETAMOL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY BURST; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 84876313471     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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