Immunotoxicological studies of genetically modified rice expressing PHA-E lectin or Bt toxin in Wistar rats

Toxicology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 24-34

  Kroghsbo, Stine ^a   Madsen, Charlotte ^a   Poulsen, Morten ^a   Schrøder, Malene ^a   Kvist, Peter H ^a,b   Taylor, Mark ^c   Gatehouse, Angharad ^d   Shu, Qingyao ^e   Knudsen, Ib ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein; Genetically modified rice; Immunotoxicology; Phaseolus vulgaris erythroagglutinin; SAFOTEST; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LECTIN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS ERYTHROAGGLUTININ; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BLOOD CELL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RICE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MESENTERY; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; OVIS ARIES; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 39549088314     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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