Dose-dependent apoptosis induced by low concentrations of methylmercury in murine splenic Fas+ T cell subsets

Toxicology

Volumn 149, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 115-128

  Pheng, Say Ry ^a,b   Chakrabarti, Saroj ^a   Lamontagne, Lucie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas Fas; Immunodeficiency; Methylmercury; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

MURINAE;

EID: 0034699015     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(00)00236-5     Document Type: Article

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