Pb exposure attenuates hypersensitivity in vivo by increasing regulatory T cells

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 272-278

  Fang, Liang ^a   Zhao, Fang ^a   Shen, Xuefeng ^a   Ouyang, Weiming ^b   Liu, Xinqin ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Jin, Boquan ^a   Chen, Jingyuan ^a   Luo, Wenjing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity; Pb; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; LEAD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPOSURE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LEAD; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

RATTUS;

EID: 84869853940     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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