Immunotoxic activity of ochratoxin A

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Al Anati, L ^a   Petzinger, E ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CITRININ; FUNGAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYCOTOXIN; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VACCINE; OCHRATOXIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV INHIBITOR; ROLIPRAM; TRICHODERMIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; APOPTOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SPLEEN; THERMOSTABILITY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; OCHRATOXINS;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PENICILLIUM; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS;

EID: 33644688230     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2006.00718.x     Document Type: Review

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