Exposure to bisphenol A prenatally or in adulthood promotes TH2 cytokine production associated with reduction of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 514-519

  Yan, Huimin ^a   Takamoto, Masaya ^a   Sugane, Kazuo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Cytokine; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Prenatal exposure; Regularity T cells

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEG SWELLING; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKINS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUS;

EID: 45749106711     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10829     Document Type: Article

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