Immune cell functions in industrial workers after exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin: Dissociation of antigen-specific T-cell responses in cultures of diluted whole blood and of isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 701-705

  Ernst, Martin ^a   Flesch Janys, D ^b   Morgenstern, I ^b   Manz, A ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diluted blood cultures; Dioxin; Immune cell functions; Interferon ; Occupational exposure; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD6 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY BURDEN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031834030     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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