Formaldehyde-associated changes in micrornas: Tissue and temporal specificity in the rat nose, white blood cells, and bone marrow

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-46

  Rager, Julia E ^a   Moeller, Benjamin C ^b   Miller, Sloane K ^a   Kracko, Dean ^b   Doyle Eisele, Melanie ^b   Swenberg, James A ^a,b,c   Fry, Rebecca C ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Lovelace Resp Research Institute   (Mexico)

^c Curriculum in Neurobiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Formaldehyde; Gene expression; Inhalation; MicroRNA.

Indexed keywords

EPIGENETICS; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION; INHALATION; MICRORNA.;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FORMALDEHYDE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICRORNAS; NASAL MUCOSA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84894339369     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft267     Document Type: Article

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