Age/sex dependent and non-monotonous dose-response effect of diethylstilbestrol on the immune functions in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 145-153

  Utsuyama, Masanori ^a,b   Kanno, Jun ^c   Inoue, Tohru ^c   Hirokawa, Katsuiku ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Diethylstilbestrol; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Immune function; Low dose effect; Mouse

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037026709     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00256-4     Document Type: Article

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