Article
Histochemical visualization of mercury in the oral mucosa, salivary and lacrimal glands of BN rats with HgCl2-induced autoimmunity.
Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie - 1 Oct 1994
Warfvinge G, Warfvinge K, Larsson A
Abstract excerpt
BN, but not LEW, rats treated with subcutaneous injections of mercuric chloride (HgCl2) develop an autoimmune syndrome with infiltration of mononuclear cells into various organs including the oral mucosa. In the present study, we have utilized autometallographic techniques to visualize mercury in the oral mucosa, salivary and lacrimal glands of mercury-sensitive BN and -non-sensitive LEW rats injected with HgCl2....
Topics
- Animals
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Autoimmunity
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Histocytochemistry
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Lacrimal Apparatus
- Macrophages
- Male
- Mercuric Chloride
