Methylmercury inhibits gap junctional intercellular communication in primary cultures of rat proximal tubular cells

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 192-196

  Yoshida, Minoru ^a   Kujiraoka, Toru ^a   Hara, Masayuki ^a   Nakazawa, Hirokazu ^b   Sumi, Yawara ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium; Gap junction; Methylm ercury; Nitric oxide; Proximal tubular cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHYLMERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GAP JUNCTIONS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031958665     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050487     Document Type: Article

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