Pulmonary toxicity caused by acute exposure to mercury vapor is enhanced in metallothionein-null mice

Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1861-1867

  Yoshida, Minoru ^a   Satoh, Masahiko ^b   Shimada, Akinori ^c   Yasutake, Akira ^d   Sumi, Yawara ^a   Tohyama, Chiharu ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mercury vapor; Metallothionein; Pulmonary damage; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CREATININE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SURVIVAL RATE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2942725078     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(99)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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