Acid exposure is an immune disruptor in adult Rana pipiens

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 199-202

  Vatnick, Itzick ^a   Andrews, Jaime ^a   Colombo, Matthew ^a   Madhoun, Hareth ^a   Rameswaran, Muthuramanan ^a   Brodkin, Marc A ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Environmental toxicants; Immune disruptor; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CELLS; ECOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSENSORS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMPHIBIANS; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS; IMMUNE DISRUPTOR; INNATE IMMUNITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ACID; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ACID; FROG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ACIDITY; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FROG; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PERITONITIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; PERITONITIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RANA PIPIENS; THIOGLYCOLATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 29744466649     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-324R1.1     Document Type: Article

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