Localization of zinc and metallothionein in the rat bladder epithelium during carcinogenesis induced by N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine

Urological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 279-283

  Zhang, X H ^a   Jin, L ^a   Takenaka, I ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Metallothionein; Rat bladder; Transitional cell carcinoma; Zinc

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; CARCINOGENESIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; BUTYLHYDROXYBUTYLNITROSAMINE; CARCINOGENS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; EPITHELIUM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; ZINC;

EID: 0029826152     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00304777     Document Type: Article

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