Age dependent changes in metallothionein and accumulation of cadmium in horses |
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| Authors: | E H Jeffery R Noseworthy M G Cherian |
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| Institution: | University of Illinois, Institute of Environmental Studies, Urbana 61801. |
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| Abstract: | 1. Analysis of livers and kidneys from 28 horses for cadmium, zinc and metallothionein showed low cadmium content in liver. There was a gradual increase in cadmium content in kidney with age. 2. Metallothionein values varied with zinc content in the liver and with cadmium content in the kidney; copper values did not vary in either tissue. 3. Metallothionein was localized mainly in the cytoplasms in liver and kidney of horses by immunohistochemistry. |
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