Zinc-induced upregulation of metallothionein (MT)-2A is predicted by gene expression of zinc transporters in healthy adults

Genes and Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Chu, Anna ^a,b   Foster, Meika ^a   Ward, Sarah ^b   Zaman, Kamrul ^b   Hancock, Dale ^b   Petocz, Peter ^c   Samman, Samir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Metallothionein; Physical activity; Transporter; Zinc

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN II; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ZINC HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84943610071     PISSN: 15558932     EISSN: 18653499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-015-0494-y     Document Type: Article

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