Genetic background but not metallothionein phenotype dictates sensitivity to cadmium-induced testicular injury in mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Liu, Jie ^a,b   Corton, Chris ^c   Dix, David J ^d   Liu, Yaping ^a   Waalkes, Michael P ^b   Klaassen, Curtis D ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cadmium; Metallothionein; Metallothionein deficient mice; Strain difference; Testicular hemorrhage; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; DNA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMOGLOBIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0035473724     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9262     Document Type: Article

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