Effects of fenbendazole on the murine humoral immune system

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Landin, Ana Marie ^a   Frasca, Daniela ^a   Zaias, Julia ^a   Van Der Put, Elaine ^a   Riley, Richard L ^a   Altman, Norman H ^a   Blomberg, Bonnie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENTEROBIASIS; FENBENDAZOLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES;

MURINAE; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67549099392     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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