Role of glutathione and reactive oxygen intermediates in 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced immune suppression in C57BI/6 mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-60

  Lawrence, B Paige ^a,b   Meyer, Marian ^a,c   Reed, Donald J ^a   Kerkvliet, Nancy I ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Schein Pharmaceutical   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Immunotoxicity; Reactive oxygen intermediate; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPLEEN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032749888     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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