Effects of subchronic inhalation exposure to ethyl tertiary butyl ether on splenocytes in mice

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 837-847

  Li, Qing ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a   Inagaki, H ^a   Hirata, Y ^a   Hirata, K ^a   Shimizu, T ^a   Wang, R S ^b   Suda, M ^b   Kawamoto, T ^c   Nakajima, T ^d   Kawada, T ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

B cells; Ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE); Flow cytometry; NK; Splenocytes; T cells

Indexed keywords

ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; FUEL; HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; GASOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; ATAXIA; CELL POPULATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PHENOTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 84863075675     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463201102400403     Document Type: Article

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