Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an increasing world health problem. Traditional risk factors
fail to account for all deaths from CVD. It is mainly the environmental, dietary and lifestyle …

Sažetak Discovered in late 1817, cadmium is currently one of the most important
occupational and environmental pollutants. It is associated with renal, neurological, skeletal …

We have developed a colorimetric assay for the highly sensitive and selective detection of
Cd2+ using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) cofunctionalized with 6-mercaptonicotinic acid …

Background Exposure to cadmium has been associated with osteoporosis and fracture risk
in women and elderly, but studies in children are lacking. In the present study we investigate …

It was estimated, in a rat model of moderate and relatively high chronic human exposure to
cadmium (Cd), whether enhanced zinc (Zn) consumption may prevent Cd-induced liver …

It was investigated whether cadmium (Cd) may induce oxidative stress in the bone tissue in
vivo and in this way contribute to skeleton damage. Total antioxidative status (TAS) …

Abstract Cadmium (Cd2+) damages the kidney proximal tubule (PT) by ceramide-dependent
apoptosis and is also a class I carcinogen. Multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein (MDR1 …

Background Urinary kidney injury molecule 1 is a recently discovered early biomarker for
renal damage that has been proven to be correlated to urinary cadmium in rats. However, so …

Contaminants such as cadmium, bisphenol A and lead which pollute our environment affect
male reproductive function. There is evidence that toxicant exposure adversely affects …

Components of the innate immune system such as macrophages and dendritic cells are
instrumental in determining the fate of immune responses and are, also, among the most …