Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 228-237 , August 2009

Metallothionein alleviates oxidative stress-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress and myocardial dysfunction

  • Rui Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei University College of Life Sciences, Baoding 071002, China
    • Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
    • ,
  • Heng Ma

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
    • Department of Physiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
    • ,
  • Feng Gao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
    • ,
  • Li Zhong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei University College of Life Sciences, Baoding 071002, China
    • Thoracic Surgery and Lung Cancer Program, City of Hope and Beckman Research Institute, CA 91010, USA
    • ,
  • Jun Ren

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 307 766 6131; fax: +1 307 766 2953.

Received 27 December 2008 ,Revised 16 March 2009 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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PII: S0022-2828(09)00143-6

doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.03.018

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 228-237 , August 2009

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