The effects of ovariectomy and female sex hormones on hepatic metallothionein-I gene expression after injection of cadmium chloride in mice

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-57

  Sogawa, N ^a   Sogawa, C A ^a   Oda, N ^a   Fujioka, T ^a   Onodera, K ^a   Furuta, H ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Female sex hormones; Metallothionein; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034941671     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.2001.0833     Document Type: Article

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