Toxic effects of mercuric sulfide on immune organs in mice

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Son, Hee Young ^a   Lee, Soyoung ^a   Park, Seung Bin ^a   Kim, Mi Sun ^a   Choi, Eun Ju ^a   Singh, Thoudam S K ^a   Bae, Yunju ^a   Kwack, Seung Jun ^b   Kang, Tae Seok ^b   Shin, Hong In ^c   Baek, Moon Chang ^a   Kim, Sang Hyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immune systems; Mercuric sulfide; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MERCURY SULFIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MUS;

EID: 77952151165     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970903305499     Document Type: Article

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