Evaluation of in vivo acute immunotoxicity of a major organic arsenic compound arsenobetaine in seafood

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-184

  Sakurai, Teruaki ^a   Kojima, Chikara ^a   Ochiai, Masayuki ^a   Ohta, Takami ^a   Fujiwara, Kitao ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenobetaine; Immunotoxicity; Leukocyte; Macrophage; Seafood; Trimethylarsenic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENOBETAINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PEYER'S PATCHES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 1542272591     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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