Evaluation of the immunomodulatory effects of the macrolide antibiotic, clarithromycin, in female B6C3F1 mice: A 28-day oral gavage study

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-37

  Karrow, N A ^a   McCay, J A ^a   Brown, R D ^a   Musgrove, D L ^a   Germolec, D R ^a   White K L , Jr ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MACROLIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0035066019     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DCT-100103083     Document Type: Article

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