Developmental immunotoxicity of di-n-octyltin dichloride (DOTC) in an extended one-generation reproductive toxicity study

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 156-163

  Tonk, Elisa C M ^a,b,c   de Groot, Didima M G ^c   Penninks, André H ^c   Waalkens Berendsen, Ine D H ^c   Wolterbeek, André P M ^c   Piersma, Aldert H ^b,d   van Loveren, Henk ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed type hypersensitivity response (DTH); Developmental immunotoxicity; Extended one generation reproductive toxicity study (EOGRTS); Organotin

Indexed keywords

DI OCTYLTIN DICHLORIDE; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; STABILIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; WEANING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; HEMOCYANIN; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79957998407     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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