Prenatal Exposure to Soy Isoflavones Altered the Immunological Parameters in Female Rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 274-283

  Ebaid, Hala M ^a   Elgawish, Rania Abdel Rahman ^b   Abdelrazek, Heba M A ^c   Gaffer, Ghada ^a   Tag, Hend M ^a  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cell mediated immunity; phytoestrogens; rats

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOT PAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RAT; SPLEEN; THYMUS; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOYBEAN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; ISOFLAVONES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS, WISTAR; SOYBEANS; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84966559024     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581815625595     Document Type: Article

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