Differential modulation of natural and adaptive immunity in fischer rats exposed for 6 weeks to 60 Hz linear sinusoidal continuous-wave magnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 373-383

  Tremblay, Lyna ^a   Houde, Michel ^a   Mercier, Ginette ^a   Gagnon, Jacky ^a   Mandeville, Rosemonde ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Extremely low frequency; Immunotoxicity; Lymphocyte markers; Macrophage; Natural killer activity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; RATS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CONTINUOUS WAVE; EXPOSED TO; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KILLER ACTIVITIES; LYMPHOCYTE MARKER; MAGNETIC-FIELD; NATURAL KILLER; NATURAL KILLER ACTIVITY;

MACROPHAGES;

ANIMALIA;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISCHER 344 RAT; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL MODEL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MAGNETICS; NITROUS OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030329441     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:5<373::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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