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Perfluorooctanoic acid alters T lymphocyte phenotypes and cytokine expression in mice.
Environmental toxicology - 1 Dec 2009
Son Hee-Young, Lee Soyoung, Tak Eun-Nam, Cho Hae-Sung, Shin Hong-In, Kim Sang-Hyun, Yang Jae-Ho
Abstract excerpt
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been used in commercial applications and detected in environmental matrices. This study focuses on whether PFOA affects the function of immune organs (spleen and thymus). Male ICR mice were exposed to 0, 2, 10, 50, and 250 ppm of PFOA in drinking water for 21 days. PFOA differently altered T lymphocyte populations. In the spleen, all doses of PFOA decreased CD8(+) lymphocytes;...
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