Evidence for a novel endocrine disruptor: The pesticide propanil requires the ovaries and steroid synthesis to enhance humoral immunity

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-74

  Salazar, Keith D ^a   Miller, Michael R ^a   Barnett, John B ^a   Schafer, Rosana ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Humoral immunity; Ovary; Pesticide; Propanil; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ITURELIX; MIFEPRISTONE; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROGESTERONE; PROPANIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARY; PESTICIDES; PROPANIL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STEROIDS;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33747882364     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl038     Document Type: Article

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