Immunoglobulin responses to experimental silicosis

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 108-117

  Huang, Shu Hai ^a   Hubbs, Ann F ^b   Stanley, Charles F ^a   Vallyathan, Val ^b   Schnabel, Peter C ^a   Rojanasakul, Yongyut ^a   Ma, Joseph K H ^a   Banks, Daniel E ^a   Weissman, David N ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; IgG; IgM; Lymphocyte; Quartz; Rat; Silicosis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPOSURE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INHALATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RAT; SILICOSIS; SPLEEN;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SPLEEN; TITANIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035154369     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/59.1.108     Document Type: Article

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