The effect of heavy metals on the immune system at low concentrations

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 375-386

  Marth, Egon ^a   Jelovcan, Sandra ^a   Kleinhappl, Barbara ^a   Gutschi, Andrea ^a   Barth, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; hsp70; IgE; IgG; Lymphokines; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CD40 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAVY METAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CADMIUM POISONING; CELL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLUTANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035682669     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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