Nephrotoxicity of Cadmium-Metallothionein: Protection by Zinc and Role of Glutathione

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 276-282

  Tang, Weifeng ^a   Sadovic, Selma ^a   Shaikh, Zahir A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CADMIUM-BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTECTIVE AGENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ZINC;

EID: 0032138250     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8465     Document Type: Article

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