Induction of metallothionein as an adaptive mechanism affecting the magnitude and progression of toxicological injury

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 297-300

  Klaassen, Curtis D ^a   Liu, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Metallothionein induction; MT null mice; MT transgenic animals; Sequestration; Subcellular distribution; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSOL; DOSE RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0031966275     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s1297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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