Evaluation of acute immunotoxicity of aerosolized aflatoxin B1 in female C57BL/6N mice

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-20

  Sabourin, Patrick J ^a   Price, Jennifer A ^a   Casbohm, Stacy L ^a   Perry, Mark R ^a   Tuttle, Richard S ^a   Rogers, James V ^a   Rowell, Kimberly S ^a   Estep, James E ^a   Sabourin, Carol L ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFB1; Aflatoxin; C57BL 6N mice; Immunotoxicity; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ALCOHOL; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AEROSOL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INHALATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THYMUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644766837     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476910500468635     Document Type: Article

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