In vitro inhibition of thymulin production in mercury-exposed thymus of young mice

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 270, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 109-112

  Valentino, Matteo ^a   Santarelli, Lory ^a   Pieragostini, Ernesta ^a   Soleo, Leonardo ^b   Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunotoxicity; Mercury; Thymulin

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); PERSONNEL; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

LYMPHOCYTES;

HEALTH CARE;

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; MERCURY; THYMULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOASSAY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; MERCURY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0035836617     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00779-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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