The molecular mechanisms of liver and islets of Langerhans toxicity by benzene and its metabolite hydroquinone in vivo and in vitro

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 628-636

  Bahadar, Haji ^a   Maqbool, Faheem ^a   Mostafalou, Sara ^b   Baeeri, Maryam ^a   Gholami, Mahdi ^a   Ghafour Boroujerdi, Elmira ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benzene; environmental pollutants; glucose homeostasis; hydroquinone; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CORN OIL; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; HYDROQUINONE; INSULIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EXPOSURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PANCREAS ISLET; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION (PROCESS); TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZENE; BIOMARKERS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROQUINONES; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84945124062     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2015.1053650     Document Type: Article

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