Integrated approach to immunotoxicity: Electron transfer, reactive oxygen species, antioxidants, cell signaling, and receptors

Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-346

  Kovacic, Peter ^a   Somanathan, Ratnasamy ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIJUANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cell signaling; Electron transfer; Immunotoxicity; Reactive oxygen species; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALUMINUM; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FREE RADICAL; FUEL; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROPOXUR; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECEPTOR; SELENIUM; STANNOUS CHLORIDE; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INTOXICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; DIOXINS; DRUG TOXICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PESTICIDES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 49649088935     PISSN: 10799893     EISSN: 15324281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10799890802305217     Document Type: Review

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