Testing the immunosuppressive effects of cyclophosphamide in the popliteal lymph node assay in the modification of graft-vs-host reaction (PLNA-GvHR) in the rat

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-373

  Stȩpnik, Maciej ^a   Rydzyński, Konrad ^a   Arkusz, Joanna ^a   Barańska, Małgorzata ^a   Stańczyk, Małgorzata ^a   Lewińska, Dobrosława ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Graft Versus Host Reaction; Immunosuppression; PLNA

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOT PAD; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPLITEAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAT; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6344242850     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376520490434674     Document Type: Article

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