In vitro HgCl2 exposure of immune cells at different stages of maturation: Effects on phenotype and function

Environmental Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-348

  Silva, I A ^a   Graber, J ^b   Nyland, J F ^a   Silbergeld, E K ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phenotype; Cytokines; Immunotoxicity; Mercury chloride (HgCl2)

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MERCURY CHLORIDE; CYTOKINE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

IMMUNOASSAY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPH NODE; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPH NODES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19444376496     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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