Luminal transport of thiol S-conjugates of methylmercury in isolated perfused rabbit renal proximal tubules

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Wang, Yanhua ^a   Zalups, Rudolfs K ^b   Barfuss, Delon W ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid transporters; Membrane transport; Methylmercury; Molecular mimicry; Renal proximal tubular segments; Thiol S conjugates

Indexed keywords

2,3 BIS(SULFANYL)PROPANE 1 SULFONATE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACIVICIN; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; METHYLMERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; ISOXAZOLES; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RABBITS; UNITHIOL;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84864404564     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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