Effects of exposure to decabromodiphenyl ether on the development of the immune system in rats

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-389

  Teshima, Reiko ^a   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^a   Nakamura, Rika ^a   Hachisuka, Akiko ^a   Sawada, Jun Ichi ^a   Shibutani, Makoto ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decabromodiphenyl ether; Developmental exposure; Immune system; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CD161 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LACTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS; TOXICITY TESTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 48749116304     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.54.382     Document Type: Article

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