Efficacy of zinc treatment against iron-induced toxicity in rat hepatoma cell line H4-II-E-C3

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-127

  Formigari, Alessia ^a   Santon, A ^a   Irato, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cell death; Glutathione; Metal interactions; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATOMA CELL; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

EID: 33846407277     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2006.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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