Effects of developmental hypothyroidism induced by maternal administration of methimazole or propylthiouracil on the immune system of rats

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1630-1638

  Nakamura, Ryosuke ^a   Teshima, Reiko ^a   Hachisuka, Akiko ^a   Sato, Yuji ^a   Takagi, Kayoko ^a   Nakamura, Rika ^a   Woo, Gye Hyeong ^a   Shibutani, Makoto ^a   Sawada, Jun ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antithyroid; Immune system; Perinatal exposure; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; METHIMAZOLE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 35748971755     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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