Effects of PCB 126 on primary immune organs and thymocyte apoptosis in chicken embryos

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-500

  Goff, Kendra F ^a,b   Hull, Barbara E ^a   Grasman, Keith A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SUNFLOWER OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOT MALFORMATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCUBATION TIME; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; TERATOGENESIS; THYMOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 13844299530     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590903720     Document Type: Article

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