Relationship between copper, zinc and metallothionein in hepatocellular carcinoma and its surrounding liver parenchyma

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 415-422

  Ebara, Masaaki ^a   Fukuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Hatano, Ryouji ^a   Saisho, Hiromitsu ^a   Nagato, Yoshinori ^a   Suzuki, Keiji ^b   Nakajima, Katuyuki ^c   Yukawa, Masae ^d   Kondo, Fukuo ^a   Nakayama, Akihiro ^e   Sakurai, Hiromu ^e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN IMMUNORESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Copper; Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Metallothionein (MT); Particle induced X ray emission (PIXE)

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033836871     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80277-9     Document Type: Article

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