An investigation of modifying effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms in metabolism-related genes on the relationship between peripheral nerve function and mercury levels in urine and hair

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-38

  Wang, Yi ^a   Goodrich, Jaclyn M ^a   Werner, Robert ^a,b   Gillespie, Brenda ^a   Basu, Niladri ^a   Franzblau, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Mercury biomarker; Metallothionein; Nerve function; Selenoprotein; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONES; MERCURY BIOMARKER; METALLOTHIONEINS; NERVE FUNCTION; SELENOPROTEINS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; DENTISTRY; GENES; MERCURY (METAL); NUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY; SELENOPROTEIN;

BIOMARKER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DNA; GENE; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; URINE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MODIFICATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METAL METABOLISM; METALLOTHIONEIN GENE; MODIFIER GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENOPROTEIN GENE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; URINE LEVEL;

DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTISTS; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE; HAIR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METALLOTHIONEIN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELENOPROTEINS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862794604     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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