Tolerance to cadmium hepatotoxicity by m
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Peter Coyle; Geralt Niezing; Tanya L. Shelton; Jeffrey C. Philcox; Allan M. Rofe
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The protective role of metallothionein (MT) in Cd-mediated hepatotoxicity was investigated in vivo and in vitro. Following injection of Cd (2 mg/kg, intraperitoneal or subcutaneous) hepatoxicity was significantly greater at 20 h in metallothionein-null (MT -/-) mice, compared with controls (MT+/+).