Toxic effects of maternal zearalenone exposure on intestinal oxidative stress, barrier function, immunological and morphological changes in rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Min ^a   Gao, Rui ^a   Meng, Qingwei ^a   Zhang, Yuanyuan ^a   Bi, Chongpeng ^a   Shan, Anshan ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 4; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; OCCLUDIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZEARALENONE; CYTOKINE; GA BINDING PROTEIN; GABPA PROTEIN, RAT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GA-BINDING PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; INTESTINES; JEJUNUM; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION; ZEARALENONE;

EID: 84925145915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106412     Document Type: Article

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