Toxicity of aflatoxin B1 towards the vitamin D receptor (VDR)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-79

  Costanzo, Paola ^a   Santini, Antonello ^b   Fattore, Luigi ^a   Novellino, Ettore ^b   Ritieni, Alberto ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Mycotoxins; Rickets; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; MESSENGER RNA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAOS 2 CELL LINE; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ALLELE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RICKETS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AFLATOXIN B1; ALLELES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RICKETS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84920381530     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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