Immune function in female B6C3F1 mice is modulated by DE-71, a commercial polybrominated diphenyl ether mixture

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-107

  Fair, Patricia A ^a   Stavros, Hui Chen ^a,b   Mollenhauer, Meagan A M ^c   Dewitt, Jamie C ^d   Henry, Natasha ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^e   Yun, Se Hun ^e   Bossart, Gregory D ^f   Keil, Deborah E ^g   Peden Adams, Margie M ^c,h  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b O2Si Smart Solutions ^*  (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f GEORGIA AQUARIUM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

DE 71; Hematology; Histology; Immune; PBDE; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Serum clinical chemistry; Splenic CD4+ CD8+ cells; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; DE 71; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOGENIC AGENT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

MUS;

EID: 84856870678     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1547691X.2011.643418     Document Type: Article

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