Effects of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) polymorphism on toxic metal and trace element levels in placental tissues

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4929-4933

  Kayaalti, Zeliha ^a   Tekin, Deniz ^a   Aliyev, Vugar ^a   Yalçin, Serap ^b   Kurtay, Gülay ^a   Söylemezoǧlu, Tülin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Interleukin 6; Placenta; Polymorphism; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CYTOKINES; DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS; ELEMENT LEVEL; FE-DEFICIENCY; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERLEUKIN-6; METAL LEVELS; PLACENTA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; TOXIC METALS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; GENES; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; LEAD; METALS; OBSTETRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; IRON; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IL 6 GENE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; METALS, HEAVY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TURKEY;

EID: 80053444452     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.036     Document Type: Article

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