Nrf2 activation prevents cadmium-induced acute liver injury

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-20

  Wu, Kai C ^a   Liu, Jie J ^a   Klaassen, Curtis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Liver; Nrf2; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 2; KELCH LIKE ECH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATOCYTES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS;

EID: 84864133163     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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