Chlorella vulgaris restores bone marrow cellularity and cytokine production in lead-exposed mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2934-2941

  Queiroz, Mary L S ^a   da Rocha, Michelle C ^a   Torello, Cristiane O ^a   de Souza Queiroz, Julia ^a   Bincoletto, Claudia ^b   Morgano, Marcelo A ^c   Romano, Miriam R ^a   Paredes Gamero, Edgar J ^b   Barbosa, Christiano M V ^b   Calgarotto, Andrana K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Cytokines; Hematopoiesis; Lead acetate; Natural killer cells; Zinc concentrations

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEAD ACETATE; NATURAL PRODUCT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEAD; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; ZINC;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; MUS;

EID: 80053565969     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.056     Document Type: Article

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