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Differential Effects of Cadmium and Mercury on Lysosomal Enzymes in the Kidney of Myxine Glutinosa

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In man and most animals the exposure to the environmental pollutants cadmium and mercury results in accumulation of these heavy metals especially in the kidneys and the liver. At the cellular level proteinbound heavy metals are enriched in the lysosomal system after pinocytotic uptake.

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  1. Med. Hochschule Hannover, Abt. Nephrologie, D-3000, Hannover 61, Germany

    E. Elger, R. Sievers, B. Elger, C. J. Olbricht & H. Stolte

  2. Mount Desert Island Biology Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine, 04672, USA

    E. Elger, R. Sievers, B. Elger, C. J. Olbricht & H. Stolte

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  1. The Robens Institute of Industrial and Environmental Health and Safety, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK

    P. H. Bach

  2. ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

    E. A. Lock

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Elger, E., Sievers, R., Elger, B., Olbricht, C.J., Stolte, H. (1989). Differential Effects of Cadmium and Mercury on Lysosomal Enzymes in the Kidney of Myxine Glutinosa. In: Bach, P.H., Lock, E.A. (eds) Nephrotoxicity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2040-2_10

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