Immunomodulatory effects of dietary potassium perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure in adult Sprague-Dawley rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1516-1525

  Lefebvre, David E ^a   Curran, Ivan ^a   Armstrong, Cheryl ^a   Coady, Laurie ^a   Parenteau, Monique ^b   Liston, Virginia ^a   Barker, Michael ^a   Aziz, Syed ^a   Rutherford, Kathryn ^a   Bellon Gagnon, Pascale ^a   Shenton, Jacintha ^a   Mehta, Rekha ^a   Bondy, Genevieve ^a  

^a TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; N ETHYLPERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONATE POTASSIUM; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 54149112604     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802391943     Document Type: Article

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