Characterization of thymic atrophy and the mechanism of thymocyte depletion after in vivo exposure to a mixture of herbicides

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-98

  De La Rosa, Patricia ^a   Barnett, John B ^b   Schafer, Rosana ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HERBICIDE; IODINE 125; MIFEPRISTONE; PROPANIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; DIMETHYLAMINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIFEPRISTONE; PROPANIL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 11244286227     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590886072     Document Type: Article

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