Limited effect of selected organic pollutants on cytokine production by peripheral blood leukocytes

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-151

  Devos, Sabrina ^a,c   Van Den Heuvel, Rosette ^b   Hooghe, Robert ^a,b   Hooghe Peters, Elisabeth L ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Environmental Toxicology   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

House dust mite; in vitro; Lindane; Pesticide; Pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyl; T helper; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LINDANE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; BODILY SECRETIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTES; MALE;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 3242770557     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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