Effects of chronic exposure to DDT and TCDD on disease activity in murine systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 941-949

  Li, Jing ^a   McMurray, R W ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; DDT; Lupus; TCDD; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DNA ANTIBODY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THYMUS GLAND; UTERUS;

EID: 70349498496     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203309104431     Document Type: Article

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