Effects of intrauterine cigarette smoking exposure on expression of 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase in medulla oblongata of neonatal rats

Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Science)

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 526-530

  Nie, Li Hong ^a,b   Hu, Ya Jie ^a   Li, Xian Ke ^a   Xue, Lian ^a   Jia, Qing Yi ^c   Yang, Yi Wen ^a   Zheng, Yu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase; Cigarette smoke; Hydrogen sulfide; Medulla oblongata; Respiratory center

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULPHURTRANSFERASE; 3-MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULPHURTRANSFERASE; SULFURTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFURTRANSFERASES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84882343815     PISSN: 1672173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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