Immunosuppression in the infaunal bivalve Scrobicularia plana environmentally exposed to mercury and association with its accumulation

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1541-1546

  Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Coelho, João P ^a   Mohmood, Iram ^a   Pacheco, Mário ^a   Santos, Maria A ^a   Duarte, Armando C ^a   Pereira, Eduarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Immunomodulation; Mercury; Oxidative burst activity; Scrobicularia plana

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); SHELLFISH;

AGGLUTINATION; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATED SITES; IMMUNO MODULATIONS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METAL POLLUTION; OXIDATIVE BURSTS; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

MOLLUSCS;

MERCURY; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; LIPID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PLASMA; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BLOOD CELL; CELL DENSITY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLLUTION; RESPIRATORY BURST;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

BIVALVIA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 79951723428     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.064     Document Type: Article

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