Alterations of tiol metabolism in human cell lines induced by low amounts of copper, mercury or cadmium ions

Toxicology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Hultberg, Björn ^a   Andersson, Anders ^a   Isaksson, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Endothelial cell line; HeLa cell line; Hep G2 cell line; Mercury; Metal ions; Thiols

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MERCURY; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HELA CELL; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METABOLISM;

CADMIUM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE; COPPER; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDES; ENDOTHELIUM; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HELA CELLS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MERCURY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032478358     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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