Metallothionein-null mice are highly susceptible to the hematotoxic and immunotoxic effects of chronic CdCl2 exposure

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-108

  Liu, Jie ^a   Liu, Yaping ^a   Habeebu, Sultan S ^a   Klaassen, Curtis D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anemia; Apoptosis; Cadmium; Metallothionein; Metallothionein null mice; Neutrophils; Splenomegaly; Thymic atrophy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; METALLOTHIONEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; SPLENOMEGALY; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0033200343     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8718     Document Type: Article

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