The fungal biopesticide Metarhizium anisopliae has an adjuvant effect on the allergic response to ovalbumin in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Instanes, Christine ^a,b   Ward, Marsha D W ^c   Hetland, Geir ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adjuvant effect; IgE; Metarhizium anisopliae; Mice; Mould

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; OVALBUMIN; PESTICIDE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MOULD; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; COCKROACHES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; ORGAN SIZE; OVALBUMIN; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 31344445442     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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