Coexposure to mercury increases immunotoxicity of trichloroethylene

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-292

  Gilbert, Kathleen M ^a   Rowley, Benjamin ^b   Gomez Acevedo, Horacio ^a   Blossom, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Autoimmunity; Co exposure; Liver; Mercury; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MERCURY CHLORIDE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

MUS;

EID: 78751693907     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq345     Document Type: Article

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