Mercury and silver induce B cell activation and anti-nucleolar autoantibody production in outbred mouse stocks: Are environmental factors more important than the susceptibility genes in connection with autoimmunity?

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Abedi Valugerdi, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti nucleolar autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Mercury; Outbred mouse stocks; Silver

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MERCURY; SILVER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL NUCLEOLUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MERCURY; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SILVER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 57449090458     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03801.x     Document Type: Article

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