The effect of smoking on expression of IL-6 and antioxidants in pancreatic fluids and tissues in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Reduced beta-cell mass and expression of oxidative stress-related DNA damage in the islet of Japanese Type II diabetic patients

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Metabolic Syndrome, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +9

Tobacco Smoke: Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species and Stable Free Radicals in Mechanisms of Oxidative Damage, Carcinogenesis and Synergistic Effects with Other Respirable Particles

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Evaluation of the Cd/hemoglobin affinity assay for the rapid determination of metallothionein in biologival tissues

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Biologival Tissues, Laboratory Hematology, Bioanalysis +16

Elevation of serum interleukin-6 concentration precedes acute-phase response and reflects severity in acute pancreatitis

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Inflammation, Cytokine, Immunology +6

Interleukin 6 regulates metallothionein gene expression and zinc metabolism in hepatocyte monolayer cultures.

Joseph J. Schroeder, Robert J. Cousins · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 302 citations · Full text

Zinc Accumulation, Immunology, Cell Death +19