Handling of the homocysteine S-conjugate of methylmercury by renal epithelial cells: Role of organic anion transporter 1 and amino acid transporters

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 896-904

  Zalups, Rudolfs K ^a   Ahmad, Sarfaraz ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KINETICS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOMOCYSTEINE; KIDNEY; LEUCINE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; P-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; PROBENECID; TRANSFECTION; URICOSURIC AGENTS;

EID: 27144503121     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.090530     Document Type: Article

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