Zinc-induced upregulation of metallothionein (MT)-2A is predicted by gene expression of zinc transporters in healthy adults

Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between zinc transporters and metallothionein for all participants at baseline (n = 38)

	ZnT5	ZnT6	ZnT7	ZIP1	ZIP3	ZIP7	ZIP8	ZIP10	ZIP14	MT-1A	MT-2A
ZnT1	0.64***	0.60***	0.46**	0.32	0.33*	0.30	0.10	0.27	0.25	0.07	0.37*
ZnT5		0.64***	0.62***	0.17	0.33*	0.20	0.22	0.36*	0.30	0.09	0.11
ZnT6			0.65***	−0.03	0.24	−0.03	0.26	0.19	0.04	0.09	0.05
ZnT7				0.03	0.33*	0.08	0.26	0.27	0.15	0.23	0.12
ZIP1					0.64***	0.76***	0.09	0.41*	0.64***	−0.01	0.55***
ZIP3						0.52**	0.22	0.46**	0.50**	−0.07	0.21
ZIP7							−0.04	0.54***	0.52**	0.10	0.46**
ZIP8								0.15	0.20	0.20	0.14
ZIP10									0.68***	0.48**	0.44**
ZIP14										0.11	0.47**
MT-1A											0.35*

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