Biological effects of human exposure to environmental cadmium

M Peana, A Pelucelli, CT Chasapis, SP Perlepes… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal for the human organism and for all ecosystems. Cd is
naturally found at low levels; however, higher amounts of Cd in the environment result from …

Systemic impact of heavy metals and their role in cancer development: a review

L Parida, TN Patel - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metals are well-recognised as environmental hazards due to their toxicity,
environmental persistence, and bioaccumulation in living organisms. Human health is a …

Cadmium and its neurotoxic effects

B Wang, Y Du - Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal that has received considerable concern environmentally
and occupationally. Cd has a long biological half‐life mainly due to its low rate of excretion …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cadmium carcinogenesis

M Waisberg, P Joseph, B Hale, D Beyersmann - Toxicology, 2003 - Elsevier
Cadmium is a heavy metal, which is widely used in industry, affecting human health through
occupational and environmental exposure. In mammals, it exerts multiple toxic effects and …

Cadmium carcinogenesis

MP Waalkes - … Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Cadmium is a heavy metal of considerable environmental and occupational concern.
Cadmium compounds are classified as human carcinogens by several regulatory agencies …

An overview of molecular mechanisms in cadmium toxicity

D Đukić-Ćosić, K Baralić, D Javorac… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd), one of the most important environmental pollutants, can cause a number of
toxic effects. These effects are the result of more than one mechanisms of toxicity, all …

Cadmium-induced pathologies: where is the oxidative balance lost (or not)?

AR Nair, O DeGheselle, K Smeets… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Over the years, anthropogenic factors have led to cadmium (Cd) accumulation in the
environment causing various health problems in humans. Although Cd is not a Fenton-like …

Mechanisms of cadmium carcinogenesis

P Joseph - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd), a heavy metal of considerable occupational and environmental concern, has
been classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer …

Metal-induced oxidative stress and signal transduction

SS Leonard, GK Harris, X Shi - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Occupational and environmental exposures to metals are associated with the development
of various cancers. Although carcinogenesis caused by metals has been intensively …

Molecular handling of cadmium in transporting epithelia

RK Zalups, S Ahmad - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2003 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is an industrial and environmental pollutant that affects adversely a number
of organs in humans and other mammals, including the kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas …