Characterization of the action of drug-induced stress responses on the immune system: Evaluation of biomarkers for drug-induced stress in rats

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-38

  Pruett, Stephen ^a   Hébert, Pamela ^a   Lapointe, Jean Martin ^b   Reagan, William ^b   Lawton, Michael ^b   Kawabata, Thomas T ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Linear modelling; Lymphocyte; Neutrophil; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTERONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STRESS; THYMUS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 33847140990     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476910601115150     Document Type: Article

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