A T-cell-dependent humoral immune response is preserved during the administration of the nerve agent pre-treatment pyridostigmine bromide in a murine model

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 525-540

  Griffiths, Gareth D ^a   Telford, Gary ^b   Hooi, Doreen S W ^c   Cook, David L ^a   Wilkinson, Lucy J ^a   Green, Christopher A ^a   Pritchard, David I ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pyridostigmine bromide

Indexed keywords

1,5 BIS(4 ALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUMPHENYL)PENTAN 3 ONE DIBROMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CONCANAVALIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2; NEUROTOXIN; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 15944374812     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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