Novel biomarkers of mercury-induced autoimmune dysfunction: A cross-sectional study in Amazonian Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-18

  Motts, Jonathan A ^a   Shirley, Devon L ^b   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^c   Nyland, Jennifer F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Biomarker; Epidemiology; Mercury

Indexed keywords

APRIL PROTEIN; AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A1 ANTIBODY; INTERFERON INDUCED TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN; LAT PROTEIN; MERCURY; RETINOIC ACID 13; SIGNAL PEPTIDE PEPTIDASE LIKE 2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; BIOMARKER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOLD MINE; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMUNITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; SERUM; TOXICITY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEOMICS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; UPREGULATION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOMARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MERCURY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MINING;

EID: 84898603608     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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