Mercuric chloride enhances immunoglobulin E-dependent mediator release from human basophils

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-263

  Strenzke, Nicola ^a   Grabbe, Jürgen ^a   Plath, Katharina E S ^a   Rohwer, Jan ^a   Wolff, Helmut H ^a   Gibbs, Bernhard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basophils; Histamine; IL 13; IL 4; LTC4; Mercuric chloride

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEUKOTRIENE C4; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASOPHIL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INCUBATION TIME; MEDIATOR RELEASE; METAL BINDING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TH2 CELL;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0035419912     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9223     Document Type: Article

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