Metallothionein
"Metallothionein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A low-molecular-weight (approx. 10 kD) protein occurring in the cytoplasm of kidney cortex and liver. It is rich in cysteinyl residues and contains no aromatic amino acids. Metallothionein shows high affinity for bivalent heavy metals.
| Descriptor ID |
D008668
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.556.670
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metallothionein" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Voinsky I, Zoabi Y, Shomron N, Harel M, Cassuto H, Tam J, Rose S, Scheck AC, Karim MA, Frye RE, Aran A, Gurwitz D. Blood RNA Sequencing Indicates Upregulated BATF2 and LY6E and Downregulated ISG15 and MT2A Expression in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Aug 30; 23(17).