Fate of transgenic DNA from orally administered Bt MON810 maize and effects on immune response and growth in pigs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Walsh, Maria C ^a   Buzoianu, Stefan G ^a,b   Gardiner, Gillian E ^b   Rea, Mary C ^c   Gelencsér, Eva ^d   Jánosi, Anna ^d   Epstein, Michelle M ^e   Ross, R Paul ^c   Lawlor, Peadar G ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d CENTRAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY1AB TOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RECOMBINANT DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; MYCOTOXIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PLANT DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1AB GENE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GROWTH RATE; HEART; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MAIZE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SWINE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WEANING; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DNA, PLANT; ENDOTOXINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENES, PLANT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTES; MYCOTOXINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 81855203270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027177     Document Type: Article

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