Protective effect of zinc against lipopolysaccharide/D-galactosamine- induced lethality

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-44

  Kimura, Tomoki ^a,b   Itoh, Norio ^a   Takehara, Miyako ^a   Oguro, Ikuyo ^a   Ishizaki, Jun Ichi ^a   Nakanishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Isobe, Masakazu ^b   Tanaka, Keiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D galactosamine; Lipopolysaccharide; Metallothionein; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSAMINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; OROSOMUCOID; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FATALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXICITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24944561544     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.49.40     Document Type: Article

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