Unexpected low-dose toxicity of the universal solvent DMSO

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1317-1330

  Galvao, Joana ^a   Davis, Benjamin ^a   Tilley, Mark ^a   Normando, Eduardo ^a,c   Duchen, Michael R ^b   Cordeiro, M Francesca ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIF; DARC; Neuronal apoptosis; Retina; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASE 3; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY ASSAY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW DOSE TOXICITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; TOXICITY; AIF; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DARC; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AIF; DARC; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS; RETINA; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84899578117     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-235440     Document Type: Article

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