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    Multifactorial Screening Reveals New Insight into Early Cadmium Exposure and Garlic Interactions in Dicentrarchus labrax

    Environmental pollutants and especially metal trace elements remain an unmitigated threat to the overall life support system. Their chemical stability and accumulation pattern in the ecosystem make them a pers...

    Amine Mosbah, Raouf Dhaouadi, Nouha Ben Abdeljelil in Biological Trace Element Research (2021)

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    First evidence on protective effect of exogenous melatonin supplementation against disruption of the estrogenic pathway in bone metabolism of killifish (Aphanius fasciatus)

    This study was carried out to investigate the effects of exposure to estrogen antagonist nafoxidine hydrochloride (NH) and/or melatonin (Mlt) on certain bone metabolism parameters in killifish Aphanius fasciatus,...

    Samar Lahmar, Kaouthar Kessabi, Mohamed Banni in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry (2020)

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    Early-Life Exposure to Cadmium Triggers Distinct Zn-Dependent Protein Expression Patterns and Impairs Brain Development

    The objective of this study was to determine if the brain development impairment induced by early-life exposure to cadmium (Cd) could result from changes in the expression pattern of distinct zinc (Zn)-depende...

    Safa Ben Mimouna, Marouane Chemek, Sana Boughammoura in Biological Trace Element Research (2018)

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    Protective Effects of Dietary Garlic Powder Against Cadmium-induced Toxicity in Sea Bass Liver: a Chemical, Biochemical, and Transcriptomic Approach

    To investigate the protective effect of garlic powder on cadmium-induced toxicity sea bass liver, juvenile fishes where maintained under three food diets (diet 1: normal without garlic supply, diet 2: 2% garli...

    Amin Mosbah, Hamadi Guerbej, Hamadi Boussetta in Biological Trace Element Research (2018)

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    Involvement of Zn Depletion in Cd-Induced Toxicity on Prenatal Bone Formation in Rat

    This study explored the potential toxicity of Cd on the Zn bone depletion in prenatal bone formation. Female rats received either tap water, Cd, Zn, or Cd + Zn in their drinking water during gestation, and som...

    Sana Boughammoura, Marouane Chemek, Safa Ben Mimouna in Biological Trace Element Research (2017)

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    Changes of the mRNA Expression Pattern of Zn Transporters: a Probable Mechanism for Cadmium Retention and Zinc Redistribution in the Suckling Rat Tissues

    The present study was conducted to provide potential mechanism that may be responsible for Cd retention and Cd-induced Zn redistribution in tissues of suckling rat. For this purpose, suckling rats from mother ...

    Marouane Chemek, Sana Boughammoura, Safa Ben Mimouna in Biological Trace Element Research (2015)

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    Zinc accumulation patterns in four Anthyllis vulneraria subspecies supplemented with mineral nitrogen or grown in the presence of their symbiotic bacteria

    This work examines Zn accumulation in four Anthyllis vulneraria subspecies supplemented with mineral nitrogen or grown in the presence of their symbiotic bacteria.

    Souhir Soussou, Stéphanie Mahieu, Brigitte Brunel, José Escarré in Plant and Soil (2013)

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    Mechanisms underlying the protective effect of zinc and selenium against cadmium-induced oxidative stress in zebrafish Danio rerio

    The present study was designed to elucidate the protective effect mechanism of Zinc (Zn) and Selenium (Se) on cadmium (Cd)-induced oxidative stress in zebrafish. For this purpose we investigate the response of...

    Mohamed Banni, Lina Chouchene, Khaled Said, Abdelhamid Kerkeni, Imed Messaoudi in BioMetals (2011)

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    Interactions of a pesticide/heavy metal mixture in marine bivalves: a transcriptomic assessment

    Mixtures of chemicals present in aquatic environments may elicit toxicity due to additive or synergistic effects among the constituents or, vice versa, the adverse outcome may be reduced by antagonistic intera...

    Francesco Dondero, Mohamed Banni, Alessandro Negri, Lara Boatti in BMC Genomics (2011)