Neurotoxic effect of subacute benzo(a)pyrene exposure on gene and protein expression in Sprague-Dawley rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 648-658

  Cheng, Shu qun ^a   Xia, Yin yin ^a   He, Jun lin ^a   Liu, Xue qing ^a   Chen, Xue mei ^a   Ding, Yu bin ^a   Wang, Ying xiong ^a   Peng, Bing ^a   Tu, Bai jie ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benz a pyrene; Hippocampus; Microarray; Rat; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUNG RESISTANCE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DEATH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BENZ[A]PYRENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROARRAY; RAT; WATER MAZE;

NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VAULT RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN PARTICLES;

EID: 84880932237     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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