New mechanism of organophosphorous pesticide-induced immunotoxicity

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-105

  Li, Qing ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Granulysin; Granzyme; Natural killer cells; Organophosphorus pesticide; Perforin

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; CYTOKINE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL GRANULE; CYTOTOXICITY; EXOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYTOKINES; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EXOCYTOSIS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 34247577117     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.74.92     Document Type: Review

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