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Mineral arsenicals in traditional medicines: orpiment, realgar, and arsenolite by Liu, Jie, Lu, Yuanfu, Wu, Qin, Goyer, Robert A, Waalkes, Michael P

“…Mineral arsenicals have long been used in traditional medicines for various diseases, yet arsenic can be highly toxic and carcinogenic. Arsenic in traditional…”
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Mercury in traditional medicines: is cinnabar toxicologically similar to common mercurials? by Liu, Jie, Shi, Jing-Zheng, Yu, Li-Mei, Goyer, Robert A, Waalkes, Michael P

“…Mercury is a major toxic metal ranked top in the Toxic Substances List. Cinnabar, which contains mercury sulfide, has been used in Chinese traditional…”
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Toxic and essential metal interactions by Goyer, R.A

“…Cadmium, lead, mercury, and aluminum are toxic metals that may interact metabolically with nutritionally essential metals. Iron deficiency increases absorption…”
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Cadmium and cancer of prostate and testis by Goyer, Robert A, Liu, Jie, Waalkes, Michael P

“…Cancer of the prostate is an important and potentially fatal disease in humans but the etiology is yet undefined. Cadmium and cadmium compounds are known to be…”
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Results of Lead Research: Prenatal Exposure and Neurological Consequences by Goyer, Robert A.

“…The history of advances in the understanding of the toxic effects of lead over the past 20 years is an outstanding example of how knowledge learned from…”
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Potential Role of α-Synuclein and Metallothionein in Lead-Induced Inclusion Body Formation by Zuo, Peijun, Qu, Wei, Cooper, Ryan N., Goyer, Robert A., Diwan, Bhalchandra A., Waalkes, Michael P.

“…Lead (Pb) produces aggresome-like inclusion bodies (IBs) in target cells as a toxic response. Our prior work shows metallothionein (MT) is required for this…”
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Lead Toxicity: Current Concerns by Goyer, Robert A.

“…Over the 20-year period since the first issue of Environmental Health Perspectives was published, there has been considerable progress in the understanding of…”
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Metallothionein-I/II double knockout mice are hypersensitive to lead-induced kidney carcinogenesis: Role of inclusion body formation by WAALKES, Michael P, JIE LIU, GOYER, Robert A, DIWAN, Bhalchandra A

“…Lead is an environmental nephrotoxicant and probable human carcinogen. Elucidating factors predisposing populations to lead toxicity is an important public…”
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Transplacental Transport of Lead by Goyer, Robert A.

“…Neurotoxicity is the major health effect from exposure to lead for infants and young children, and there is current concern regarding possible toxic effects of…”
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Nutrition and metal toxicity by Goyer, RA

“…Lead, cadmium, and mercury are toxic metals that are not essential for nutrition. However, the toxic effects of these metals may be mediated or enhanced by…”
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The Metallothionein-Null Phenotype Is Associated with Heightened Sensitivity to Lead Toxicity and an Inability to Form Inclusion Bodies by Qu, Wei, Diwan, Bhalchandra A., Liu, Jie, Goyer, Robert A., Dawson, Tammy, Horton, John L., Cherian, M. George, Waalkes, Michael P.

“…Susceptibility to lead toxicity in MT-null mice and cells, lacking the major forms of the metallothionein (MT) gene, was compared to wild-type (WT) mice or…”
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Lead Toxicity: From Overt to Subclinical to Subtle Health Effects by Goyer, Robert A.

“…Although the toxicity of lead was recognized centuries ago, concern was restricted to overt symptoms: colic, encephalopathy, anemia, or renal disease. Two…”
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Metallothionein-I/II Double Knockout Mice Are Hypersensitive to Lead-Induced Kidney Carcinogenesis by Waalkes, Michael P., Liu, Jie, Goyer, Robert A., Diwan, Bhalchandra A.

“…Lead is an environmental nephrotoxicant and probable human carcinogen. Elucidating factors predisposing populations to lead toxicity is an important public…”
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Non-metallothionein-bound cadmium in the pathogenesis of cadmium nephrotoxicity in the rat by Goyer, R A, Miller, C R, Zhu, S Y, Victery, W

“…Male rats were injected SC with 0.6 mg Cd/kg/day for 5 days per week for 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks. Liver and kidney were examined morphologically and analyzed for…”
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Concluding Remarks on the Toxicity of Essential Metals by Goyer, Robert A

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Metallothionein-I/II null mice are more sensitive than wild-type mice to the hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic effects of chronic oral or injected inorganic arsenicals by JIE LIU, YAPING LIU, GOYER, R. A, ACHANZAR, W, WAALKES, M. P

“…Metallothionein (MT) is a low-molecular-weight, sulfhydryl-rich, metal-binding protein that can protect against the toxicity of cadmium, mercury, and copper…”
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Cadmium-metallothionein-induced nephropathy by Cherian, M G, Goyer, R A, Delaquerriere-Richardson, L

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Immunohistochemical evidence of high concentrations of metallothionein in pancreatic hepatocytes induced by cadmium in rats by Waalkes, M P, Cherian, M G, Ward, J M, Goyer, R A

“…A recent study from our laboratory has shown that cadmium, a toxic heavy metal, is one of the most effective agents known for inducing hepatocytic…”
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Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation: Genetic, Embryologic, and Clinical Aspects by Goyer, Robert A

“…The Chromosome Disorders: An Introduction for Clinicians, by G. H. Valentine, ed 2; 172 pp, 86 illus, $8, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1970.An…”
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Human Genetics by Goyer, Robert A

“…The impact of new techniques and knowledge in genetics on medical practice continues to grow. This new edition of McKusick's well-known monograph on human…”
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