Suppression of atopic dermatitis and tumor metastasis in mice by small amounts of radon

Radiation Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-342

  Takahashi, Mareyuki ^a   Kojima, Shuji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; PICRYL CHLORIDE; RADON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADON; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS;

EID: 33644520878     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3501.1     Document Type: Article

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