Comparative study on the response of rat primary astrocytes and microglia to methylmercury toxicity

GLIA

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 810-820

  Ni, Mingwei ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Yin, Zhaobao ^b   Sidoryk Weogonekgrzynowicz, Marta ^b   Jiang, Haiyan ^b   Farina, Marcelo ^c   Rocha, Joao B T ^d   Syversen, Tore ^e   Aschner, Michael ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Methylmercury; Microglia; Nrf2; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; METHYLMERCURY; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X C TYPE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MERCURIALISM; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84984559567     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.21153     Document Type: Article

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