Relationships between in vitro lymphoproliferative responses and levels of contaminants in blood of free-ranging adult harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from the North Sea

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 142-143, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-220

  Dupont, Aurélie ^a   Siebert, Ursula ^b   Covaci, Adrian ^c   Weijs, Liesbeth ^c   Eppe, Gauthier ^a   Debier, Cathy ^d   De Pauw Gillet, Marie Claire ^a   Das, Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood; Contaminant; Immune parameters; In vitro; Lymphoproliferation; Phoca vitulina

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; NONACHLOR; OXYCHLORDANE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIBROMOANISOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

BLOOD; CELL ORGANELLE; CORRELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHOCA VITULINA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BLOOD; CONTAMINANT; IMMUNE PARAMETERS; IN VITRO; LYMPHOPROLIFERATION; PHOCA VITULINA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; NORTH SEA; PHOCA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884275136     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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