Metallothionein IV (C. Klaassen, ed., Birkhauser Verlag,
Basel-Berlin-Boston, 1996, 696 pp.)
Proceedings of the Fourth International Metallothionein Meeting (MT-97)
feature the latest research on metallothionein. The book covers a broad
range of topics that provide important information for both basic and
clinical investigators. The selected 94 articles in this book were
written by the leading scientists in the field around the world. This
is an increasingly important, multi-disciplinary area of study that has
benefited from recent advances in concepts and methodologies from other
fields. Major topics include: Proceedings of the Fourth International
Metallothionein Meeting (MT-97) feature the latest research on
metallothionein. The book covers a broad range of topics that provide
important information for both basic and clinical investigators. The
selected 94 articles in this book were written by the leading
scientists in the field around the world. This is an increasingly
important, multi-disciplinary area of study that has benefited from
recent advances in concepts and methodologies from other fields. Major
topics include:
- metallothionein nomenclature and structure;
- chemical and analytical aspects of metallothionein;
- metallothionein in non-mammalian tissues;
- transcription factors;
- the role of metallothionein in reproduction, development, and cell
proliferation;
- metallothionein and brain disease;
- the role of metallothionein in copper metabolism, diabetes, and
autoimmune disease;
- the role of metallothionein in Cd-induced nephrotoxicity and bone
loss;
- the role of metallothionein in oxidative stress;
- metallothionein carcinogenesis;
- metallothionein as biomarker.
C. Klaassen
