Detoxification of methylmercury by hydrogen sulfide-producing enzyme in mammalian cells

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1633-1635

  Yoshida, Eiko ^a   Toyama, Takashi ^a,b   Shinkai, Yasuhiro ^a   Sawa, Tomohiro ^c   Akaike, Takaaki ^c   Kumagai, Yoshito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHYLMERCURY; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DETOXIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PREMEDICATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LIVER; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; SULFIDES;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80054757215     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx200394g     Document Type: Article

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