The expression of metallothioneins is diminished in the spinal cords of patients with sporadic ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 294-298

  Hozumi, Isao ^a   Yamada, Mitsunori ^b   Uchida, Yoko ^c   Ozawa, Kazuhiro ^d   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Inuzuka, Takashi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Gifu Prefectural College of Nursing and Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Growth inhibitory factor; Metallothionein; Metallothionein III; Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; METALLOTHIONEIN III; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 52649122792     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960801934312     Document Type: Article

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