Attenuation of cadmium-induced testicular injury in metallothionein-III null mice

Life Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 545-550

  Honda, Akiko ^a,b   Komuro, Hiroaki ^a   Shimada, Akinori ^c   Hasegawa, Tatsuya ^d   Seko, Yoshiyuki ^d   Nagase, Hisamitsu ^b   Hozumi, Isao ^e   Inuzuka, Takashi ^e   Hara, Hideaki ^b   Fujiwara, Yasuyuki ^a   Satoh, Masahiko ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium (Cd); Metallothionein (MT) III; MT I; MT II; Testicular injury

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADMIUM; CADMIUM BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN III; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GROWTH INHIBITOR; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETINA DEGENERATION; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CADMIUM POISONING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; TESTICULAR DISEASES;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM POISONING; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 77957875601     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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