Biomarkers of adverse response to mercury: Histopathology versus thioredoxin reductase activity

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Branco, Vasco ^a,b   Ramos, Paula ^b   Canário, João ^b   Lu, Jun ^c   Holmgren, Arne ^c   Carvalho, Cristina ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SEA BREAM; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEA BREAM; SELENIUM; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

EID: 84864941556     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/359879     Document Type: Article

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