Effect of a single or repeated dose of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on T cell subpopulations in the Long-Evans rat

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 97-104

  Huang, Wentian ^a   Koller, Loren D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; CD4+; CD8+; Single versus multiple doses; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL CYCLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032886315     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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