The role of the Keap1/Nrf2 pathway in the cellular response to methylmercury

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kumagai, Yoshito ^a   Kanda, Hironori ^a   Shinkai, Yasuhiro ^a   Toyama, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR DAMAGE; CELLULAR PROTEINS; CELLULAR RESPONSE; ELECTROPHILES; METHYLMERCURY; NEGATIVE REGULATORS; PROTEIN ADDUCTS; PROTEIN MODIFICATIONS;

TOXICITY;

PROTEINS;

ARGINASE 1; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; KELCH LIKE ECH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; METHYLMERCURY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; THIOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; KEAP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880159058     PISSN: 19420900     EISSN: 19420994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/848279     Document Type: Review

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