Immunomodulatory effects of mono-, di-, and trimethylphenols in mice

Toxicology

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 132-137

  Yamano, Tetsuo ^a   Ichihara, Masako ^a   Shimizu, Mitsuru ^a   Noda, Tsutomu ^a   Tsujimoto, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunogens; Immunomodulatory effects; Lymphocytes; Murine local lymph node assay; Splenocytes; Th1 Th2 balance

Indexed keywords

2,4 XYLENOL; 2,5 XYLENOL; 2,6 XYLENOL; 3,4 XYLENOL; CRESOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 4; MONOMETHYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUPERNATANT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHENOLS; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; XYLENES;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 33847097864     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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