Cadmium as a transcriptional modulator in human cells

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-80

  Luparello, Claudio ^a   Sirchia, Rosalia ^a   Longo, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; cell metabolism; cell signalization; gene expression; heat shock proteins; heme oxygenase; metallothionein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CADMIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; METALLOTHIONEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER CELL; CELL METABOLISM; CYTOTYPE; DOWN REGULATION; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MARKER GENE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 78651406001     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2010.529104     Document Type: Review

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