Glutathione-S-transferase polymorphism, metallothionein expression, and mercury levels among students in Austria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 37-47

  Gundacker, Claudia ^a   Komarnicki, Günter ^a   Jagiello, Peter ^b   Gencikova, Alexandra ^c   Dahmen, Norbert ^d   Wittmann, Karl J ^a   Gencik, Martin ^c  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b Center of Medical Genetics   (Germany)

^c Praxis fur Humangenetik   (Austria)

^d Congenics AG ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecogenetics; GSTM1; GSTT1; Hair mercury; MT expression; Whole blood mercury

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; GENES; MERCURY (METAL); POLYMORPHISM; STUDENTS;

ECOGENETICS; HAIR MERCURY; WHOLE BLOOD MERCURY;

ENZYMES;

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOTHIONEIN; POLYMORPHISM; STUDENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34548410417     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.033     Document Type: Article

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