Dose-dependent allergic responses to an extract of Penicillium chrysogenum in BALB/c mice

Toxicology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-89

  Chung, Yong Joo ^a   Coates, Najwa Haykal ^b   Viana, Michael E ^c   Copeland, Lisa ^b   Vesper, Stephen J ^d   Selgrade, MaryJane K ^b   Ward, Marsha D W ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Mouse model; Penicillium chrysogenum; Respiratory exposure

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 5; METHACHOLINE;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG LAVAGE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MOULD; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 13944266696     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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