Acute and subchronic immunotoxicity of p-chloronitrobenzene in mice. I. Effect on natural killer, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activities and mitogen- stimulated lymphocyte proliferation

Toxicology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 223-232

  Li, Q ^a   Minami, M ^a   Inagaki, H ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTL activity; Immunotoxicity; Lymphocyte proliferation; Mice; NK activity; p Chloronitrobenzene

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 4 NITROBENZENE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMOGLOBINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; NITROBENZENES; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0032524926     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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