Tissue zinc dynamics during the immune reaction in mice

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-108

  Verbanac, Donatella ^a   Milin, Čedomila ^a   Radošević Stašić, Biserka ^a   Trobonjaća, Zlatko ^a   Domitrović, Robert ^a   Giacometti, Jasminka ^a   Petković, Marija ^a   Ćuk, Mira ^a   Ciganj, Zlatko ^b   Rupčić, Jasminka ^a   Rukavina, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b INA Rafinery Urinj   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption; Humoral and cellular types of immunity; ICP spectroscopy; Local host vs graft reaction; Plaque forming cells generation; Zinc; Zinc in tissue

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032415330     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784262     Document Type: Article

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