Progesterone pretreatment enhances cellular sensitivity to cadmium despite a marked activation of the metallothionein gene

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 178-185

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Hochadel, James F ^a   Waalkes, Michael P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE ACTIVATION; LIVER CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0031019417     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.8008     Document Type: Article

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