The immunomodulatory effects of the herbicide simazine on murine macrophage functions in vitro

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 517-523

  Kim, Kyung Ran ^a   Son, Eun Wha ^a   Rhee, Dong Kwon ^a   Pyo, Suhkneung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Cytokine; H2O2; Macrophages; NO; Simazine; Tumoricidal activity

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; SIMAZINE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERFERONS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLY I-C; SIMAZINE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

MURINAE;

EID: 0036801767     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(02)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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