Recent studies on metallothionein: Protection against toxicity of heavy metals and oxygen free radicals

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-22

  Sato, Masao ^a   Kondoh, Masuo ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Metallothionein; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; CYSTEINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; METAL BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CADMIUM; FREE RADICALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 0036239958     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.196.9     Document Type: Review

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