Cytotoxicity on human cells of Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac Bt insecticidal toxins alone or with a glyphosate-based herbicide

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 695-699

  Mesnage, R ^a,b   Clair, E ^a,b   Gress, S ^a,b   Then, C ^c   Szekacs A ^d   Seralini G E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CRIIGEN   (France)

^c Testbiotech eV   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bt toxins; Cry1Ab; Cry1Ac; Glyphosate; GMOs; Human cells; Mixtures; Roundup

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CRY1AB TOXIN; CRY1AC TOXIN; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENYLATE KINASE; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; DIET; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOTOXINS; GLYCINE; HEK293 CELLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MITOCHONDRIA; NECROSIS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 84878206551     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2712     Document Type: Article

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