Evaluation of immunosuppression induced by metronidazole in Balb/c mice and human peripheral blood lymphocytes

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 341-350

  Fararjeh, Mohammad ^a   Mohammad, Mohammad K ^a   Bustanji, Yasser ^a   AlKhatib, Hatim ^a   Abdalla, Shtaywy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Balb c mice; Human peripheral blood lymphocytes; Immunotoxicity; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METRONIDAZOLE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYMUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 37549002081     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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