Oral exposure to atrazine modulates cell-mediated immune function and decreases host resistance to the B16F10 tumor model in female B6C3F1 mice

Toxicology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-28

  Karrow, N A ^a   McCay, J A ^a   Brown, R D ^a   Musgrove, D L ^a   Guo, T L ^a   Germolec, D R ^b   White Jr , K L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; B16F10 melanoma; B6C3F1 mice; Cell mediated immunity; Immunomodulation

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TUMOR MODEL;

ARUNDINARIA; POACEAE; SACCHARUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13944250209     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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