The immunosuppressive effect of methylmercury does not preclude development of autoimmunity in genetically susceptible mice

Toxicology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-164

  Häggqvist, Bo ^a   Havarinasab, Said ^a   Björn, Erik ^b   Hultman, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Mercury speciation; Methylmercury; Mice

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLARIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLMERCURY; NUCLEOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPH NODES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPLEEN; SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 12444346416     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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