Mercury toxicokinetics-dependency on strain and gender

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Ekstrand, Jimmy ^a   Nielsen, Jesper B ^b   Havarinasab, Said ^a   Zalups, Rudolfs K ^c   Söderkvist, Peter ^a   Hultman, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Mercury; Mice; Toxicokinetics; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HYBRID; INBRED STRAIN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; STEADY STATE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HALF-LIFE; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

MUS;

EID: 77049115637     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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