Combined effects of mycotoxin mixtures on human T cell function

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-133

  Tammer, Beate ^a   Lehmann, Irina ^a   Nieber, Karen ^b   Altenburger, Rolf ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined effect; Concentration addition; Mixture toxicity prediction; Mycotoxin; Response addition

Indexed keywords

CITRININ; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLIOTOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; PATULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FORMAZANS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOTOXINS; POISONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 34247402198     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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