Dietary copper (Cu)- and age-dependent changes of Cu-metallothionein in relation to the level of nitric oxide (NO) in the liver of LEC (Long-Evans cinnamon) rats

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-100

  Sakurai, Hiromu ^a   Tsuji, Akihiro ^a   Sano, Yoshiyuki ^a   Masuyama, Nobuyuki ^a   Asano, Hidetoshi ^b   Suzuki, Keiji ^c   Nakajima, Katsuyuki ^d  

^a KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN IMMUNORESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Dietary copper; LEC rat; Metallothionein; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; ZINC;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; COPPER METABOLISM; DIET; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030798840     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-670x(1997)10:2<89::aid-jtra6>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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