Prenatal cadmium exposure alters postnatal immune cell development and function

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Hanson, Miranda L ^a   Holásková, Ida ^a   Elliott, Meenal ^a   Brundage, Kathleen M ^a   Schafer, Rosana ^a   Barnett, John B ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cadmium; Cytokines; Prenatal exposure; Splenocytes; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CADMIUM; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84861012609     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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