2000 JUN 1 - (NewsRx.com) --
Researchers have found that zinc elicits the gene expression and protein production of several isoforms of metallothioneins (MT) in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
Zinc, an element essential for the human immune system, is associated with MT production, though this relationship is not well understood.
Metallothioneins comprise a group of "low molecular weight, cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins, believed to play a role in zinc homeostasis," according to N. Vandeghinste and colleagues at the Katholieke University of Leuven in Heverlee, Belgium ("Metallothionein isoform gene expression in zinc-treated human …
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