Phenethyl isothiocyanate promotes immune responses in normal BALB/c mice, inhibits murine leukemia WEHI-3 cells, and stimulates immunomodulations in vivo

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 127-136

  Tsou, Mei Fen ^a   Tien, Ni ^a   Lu, Chi Cheng ^b   Chiang, Jo Hua ^b   Yang, Jai Sing ^c   Lin, Jing Pin ^c   Fan, Ming Jen ^d   Lu, Jang Jih ^a,c   Yeh, Su Peng ^a,e   Chung, Jing Gung ^c,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Immune responses; Isothiocyanates; Leukemia mice; Murine leukemia WEHI 3 cells; PEITC

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LEUKEMIA MICE; PEITC; WEHI-3 CELLS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MACROPHAGES; OLIVE OIL; T-CELLS; VEGETABLES;

MAMMALS;

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CONCANAVALIN A; OLIVE OIL; PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHIBITION; RODENT; TOXICITY; VEGETABLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; MURINE LEUKEMIA; MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; IMMUNOMODULATION; ISOTHIOCYANATES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, EXPERIMENTAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84874207990     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20705     Document Type: Article

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