The apoptotic effect of a high dose of toluene on liver tissue during the acute phase: An experimental study

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 728-736

  Ayan, Murat ^a   Tas, Ufuk ^a   Sogut, Erkan ^a   Kuloglu, Tuncay ^b   Cayli, Sevil ^a   Kocaman, Nevin ^b   Karaca, Zafer Ismail ^a   Sahin, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

apoptosis; immunohistochemistry; liver tissue; rat; Toluene

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TISSUE; RAT; TOLUENE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEPATOCYTES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOLUENE; TRANSAMINASES;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; TOLUENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 84883563927     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712442731     Document Type: Article

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