Malathion, lindane, and piperonyl butoxide, individually or in combined mixtures, induce immunotoxicity via apoptosis in murine splenocytes in vitro

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-220

  Battaglia, Christine L R ^a,b   Gogal Jr , Robert M ^c   Zimmerman, Kurt ^a   Misra, Hara P ^a,d  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Lindane; Malathion; Pesticide mixtures; Piperonyl butoxide; Spleen

Indexed keywords

7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LINDANE; MALATHION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PESTICIDES; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; SPLEEN;

MURINAE;

EID: 77951105124     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581809357954     Document Type: Article

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