Immunotoxicological evaluation of corn genetically modified with Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ah gene by a 30-day feeding study in BALB/c mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Song, Yan ^a   Liang, Chunlai ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Fang, Jin ^a   Sun, Nana ^a   Jia, Xudong ^a   Li, Ning ^a  

^a CHINA NATIONAL CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MITOGENIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1AH GENE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAIZE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLEEN CELL; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSGENIC CROP;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; DIET; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84895740234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078566     Document Type: Article

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