Molecular basis of carcinogenicity of tungsten alloy particles

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 223-233

  Harris, Robert M ^a   Williams, Tim D ^a   Waring, Rosemary H ^a   Hodges, Nikolas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Cobalt; Nickel; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Transcriptomics; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CASPASE 3; COBALT; IRON; NICKEL; TANTALUM; TUNGSTEN; CASP3 PROTEIN, RAT; CASPASE INHIBITOR; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CELL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ADULT; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

RATTUS;

ADULT; ALLOYS; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITORS; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COMET ASSAY; DNA BREAKS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84922978644     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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