Bile pigments: newcomers to the cell signaling arena

Toxicol Sci. 2003 Jan;71(1):9-10. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/71.1.9.

Abstract

The article highlighted in this issue is "2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-Induced Accumulation of Biliverdin and Hepatic Peliosis in Rats," by Marjo Nittynen, Jouni T. Tuomisto, Seppo Auriola, Raimo Pohjanvirta, Paula Syrjälä, Ulla Simanainen, Matti Viluksela, and Jouko Tuomisto (pp. 112-123).

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biliverdine / metabolism*
  • Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / metabolism
  • Oxidoreductases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors*
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / toxicity
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*

Substances

  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
  • Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon
  • Oxidoreductases
  • Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors
  • biliverdin reductase
  • Biliverdine