Methylmercury elicits intracellular Zn2+ release in rat thymocytes: Its relation to methylmercury-induced decrease in cellular thiol content

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Kawanai, Takuya ^a   Satoh, Masaya ^a   Murao, Koji ^b   Oyama, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular thiol; Intracellular Zn2+; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; METHYLMERCURY; N,N,N',N' TETRAKIS(2 PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; THIOL; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FLUORESCENCE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHELATING AGENTS; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; ZINC;

RATTUS;

EID: 70449527478     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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