Role of metallothionein in inflammatory lung diseases

Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-11

  Inoue, Ken Ichiro ^a   Takano, Hirohisa ^a   Shimada, Akinori ^b   Satoh, Masahiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen; Lipopolysaccharide; Lung inflammation; Metallothionein; Ozone

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; CYTOKINE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC;

APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 65949111319     PISSN: 1573398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339809787354010     Document Type: Review

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