Enhanced renal toxicity by inorganic mercury in metallothionein-null mice

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1529-1533

  Satoh, Masahiko ^a,b   Nishimura, Noriko ^c   Kanayama, Yoshitaka ^d   Naganuma, Akira ^d   Suzuki, Tsuguyoshi ^b   Tohyama, Chiharu ^a  

^a National Institute for Environmental Studies   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; MALE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 0031470570     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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