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Lifetime exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE) does not accelerate autoimmune disease in MRL +/+ mice.
Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering - 1 Oct 2008
Peden-Adams Margie M, Eudaly Jackie G, Lee A Michelle, Miller Julie, Keil Deborah E, Gilkeson Gary S
Abstract excerpt
A genetically-prone murine lupus model was used to assess the developmental effects of trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure on disease symptom onset (e.g., autoantibody production and proteinuria), lymphocyte proliferation, splenic B-cell populations, and thymic and splenic T-cell populations. MRL +/+ mice were exposed to TCE (0, 1,400 or 14,000 ppb) via drinking water beginning on gestation day (GD) 0 and continuing...
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