Induction of autoimmunity to brain antigens by developmental mercury exposure

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-280

  Zhang, Yubin ^a   Gao, Donghong ^a   Bolivar, Valerie J ^a   Lawrence, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Brain antigens; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BRAIN ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

MUS;

EID: 78751692080     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq334     Document Type: Article

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