Aflatoxin B1 albumin adduct levels and cellular immune status in Ghanaians

International Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 807-814

  Jiang, Yi ^a   Jolly, Pauline E ^a   Ellis, William O ^b   Wang, Jia Sheng ^c   Phillips, Timothy D ^d   Williams, Jonathan H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Cellular immunity; Leukocyte phenotypes

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ALBUMIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GRANZYME A; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; PERFORIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GHANA; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MALE; MONOCYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AFLATOXIN B1; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 26444554634     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh262     Document Type: Article

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