Investigation of the adjuvant and immuno-suppressive effects of benzyl butyl phthalate, phthalic acid and benzyl alcohol in a murine injection model

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-446

  Larsen, S T ^a,b   Lund, R M ^a,b   Thygesen, P ^b   Poulsen, O M ^a   Nielsen, G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adjuvant effect; Allergy; Benzyl butyl phthalate; IgE; IgG; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYLBUTYLPHTHALATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; OVALBUMIN; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BENZYL ALCOHOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

MURINAE;

EID: 0037333132     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00248-X     Document Type: Article

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