‡Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Recognition, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, §Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, ||Department of Microbiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan, **Glycobiology Program, Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La ...

Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 USA Frontier Research Initiative, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 1088639, Japan Department of Bioscience, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, 565-8565 Japan Department of Atherosclerosis and Diabetes, National Ca...

To whom correspondence should be addressed: Shinobu Itoh, Department of Material and Life Science, Division of Advanced Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, Tel.:+81-6-6879-7932; Fax: +81-6-6879-7935; E-mail: [email protected] and Genji Kurisu, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 ...

The article presents briefly the main mechanisms of cadmium carcinogenesis and the most important sites of cancer (lung, breast, prostate, testes, kidney) induced by cadmium. In spite of some evidence showing carcinogenic potential of cadmium, further research is still required to elucidate the relative contributions of various molecular mechanisms involved in cadmium carcinogenesis.

This study compares the abilities of four low-cost materials: eucalyptus bark, maize leaves, grape bunch and banana peel to remove cadmium from synthetic aqueous solutions. Kinetic data and equilibrium sorption isotherms were measured in batch conditions. Kinetics of cadmium sorption was contact time, initial cadmium concentration and sorbent type dependent. The results also showed that the kin...

Continuous-flow bioassays were employed to determine the relationship between dissolved oxygen and cadmium upon five species of aquatic insects, as measured by survival and the amount of cadmium found within the insect. Results indicate the toxicity of cadmium increases as the dissolved oxygen concentration increases. This may be explained by an observed increase in the amount of cadmium found ...

Purpose: To determine whether chromium, cadmium, and lead levels in human Fingernails reflected the exposure to workplace contamination in tanneries. Approach: 49 exposed tanning workers and 33 controls were monitored for fingernail levels of chromium, cadmium, and lead by graphite furnace and hydride atomic absorption spectroscopy. Results: The mean levels of fingernail chromium, cadmium, and ...

Department of Disease Glycomics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Taniguchi Research Group, 4th Flr, Center for Advanced Science & Innovation, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Division of Molecular Cell Biology, Department of Biomolecular, Sciences, Saga University Medical School, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan CREST, JST Graduate ...

Cadmium metabolism in the young and in conditions of dietary contamination with ash from coal gasification were investigated. The experiments were performed in adult rats which received ash in the diet (5%) and/or cadmium in drinking water (100 ppm) over a period of five weeks and in sucklings whose mothers were given the same treatment throughout pregnancy and lactation. In pharmacokinetic stu...

The objective of this study was to investigate the possible link between cadmium exposure, hepatic markers of oxidative stress and aggressive behavior in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Fish were first exposed to 0.75 mg/L CdCl2 for 15 days (12 isolated fish for each group) and afterward a behavioral test was performed. Fish from the control and cadmium-exposed groups were paired for 1 h ...