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Zinc protects against arsenic-induced apoptosis in a neuronal cell line, measured by DEVD-caspase activity.
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine - 1 Dec 2004
Milton Austin Graham, Zalewski Peter David, Ratnaike Ranjit Nihal
Abstract excerpt
Acute and chronic arsenic exposure results in toxicity in humans and causes many neurological and other manifestations. For the first time the present study reports that zinc decreases arsenic-induced apoptosis and also confirms a single report of apoptosis induced by arsenic in a neuronal cell line. Apoptosis measured by DEVD-caspase activity peaked between 10 microM and 20 microM of arsenic trioxide. Higher...
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