Effect of cyhalothrin on Ehrlich tumor growth and macrophage activity in mice
Cyhalothrin, a pyrethroid insecticide, induces stress-like symptoms, increases c-fos immunoreactivity in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, and decreases innate immune responses in laboratory animals. Macrophages are key elements in cellular immune responses and operate at the tumor-ho...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2009-10-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001000006 |