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The effects of selenium on cellular toxicity and histochemical distribution of silver were examined in a cell culture system of mouse peritoneal macrophages. Selenium caused a significant delay in the appearance of coagulation necrosis induced by high silver concentrations and reduced the cytostatic effect of lower doses of silver when long-term toxicity was examined. Furthermore, selenium increased the amount of silver that could be visualized by autometallography. The additional silver made available for this histochemical demonstration was located in the cytosol as well as in lysosomes, the sole localization of silver when selenium was not administered.
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Rungby, J., Ellermann-Eriksen, S. & Danscher, G. Effects of selenium on toxicity and ultrastructural localization of silver in cultured macrophages. Arch Toxicol 61, 40–45 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00324546
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