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Mercury immune toxicity in harbour seals: links to in vitro toxicity.

Das K, Siebert U, Gillet A, Dupont A, Di-Poï C, Fonfara S, Mazzucchelli G, De Pauw E, De Pauw-Gillet MC.

Environ Health. 2008 Oct 29;7:52.PMID: 18959786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Blood metal levels and metal-influenced immune functions of harbour seals in captivity.

Kakuschke A, Valentine-Thon E, Griesel S, Rosenberger T, Mundry R, Siebert U, Prange A.

Mar Pollut Bull. 2008 Apr;56(4):764-9. Epub 2008 Mar 4.PMID: 18291423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Toxic effects of tributyltin and its metabolites on harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) immune cells in vitro.

Frouin H, Lebeuf M, Saint-Louis R, Hammill M, Pelletier E, Fournier M.

Aquat Toxicol. 2008 Nov 21;90(3):243-51. Epub 2008 Sep 12.PMID: 18937985 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of methyl-, phenyl-, ethylmercury and mercurychlorid on immune cells of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).

Kakuschke A, Valentine-Thon E, Fonfara S, Kramer K, Prange A.

J Environ Sci (China). 2009;21(12):1716-21.PMID: 20131603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relationship of blood mercury levels to health parameters in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).

Day RD, Segars AL, Arendt MD, Lee AM, Peden-Adams MM.

Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Oct;115(10):1421-8.PMID: 17938730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparison of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) induced effects on innate immune functions in harbour and grey seals.

Hammond JA, Hall AJ, Dyrynda EA.

Aquat Toxicol. 2005 Aug 30;74(2):126-38.PMID: 15982755 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Modulating effects of dietary fats on methylmercury toxicity and distribution in rats.

Jin X, Lok E, Bondy G, Caldwell D, Mueller R, Kapal K, Armstrong C, Taylor M, Kubow S, Mehta R, Chan HM.

Toxicology. 2007 Jan 25;230(1):22-44. Epub 2006 Dec 20.PMID: 17184894 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunological impact of metals in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) of the North Sea.

Kakuschke A, Valentine-Thon E, Griesel S, Fonfara S, Siebert U, Prange A.

Environ Sci Technol. 2005 Oct 1;39(19):7568-75.PMID: 16245829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mercury and selenium in arctic and coastal seals off the coast of Norway.

Skaare JU, Degre E, Aspholm PE, Ugland KI.

Environ Pollut. 1994;85(2):153-60.PMID: 15091671 [PubMed]Related articles

Contaminant-associated disruption of vitamin A and its receptor (retinoic acid receptor alpha) in free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina).

Mos L, Tabuchi M, Dangerfield N, Jeffries SJ, Koop BF, Ross PS.

Aquat Toxicol. 2007 Mar 10;81(3):319-28. Epub 2007 Jan 14.PMID: 17287035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of a lymphocyte-transformation-assay for peripheral blood lymphocytes of the harbor porpoise and detection of cytokines using the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction.

Beineke A, Siebert U, van Elk N, Baumgärtner W.

Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2004 Mar;98(1-2):59-68.PMID: 15127842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methylmercury interaction with lymphocyte cholinergic muscarinic receptors in developing rats.

Coccini T, Randine G, Castoldi AF, Acerbi D, Manzo L.

Environ Res. 2007 Feb;103(2):229-37. Epub 2006 Jun 30.PMID: 16808911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The immunosuppressive effect of methylmercury does not preclude development of autoimmunity in genetically susceptible mice.

Häggqvist B, Havarinasab S, Björn E, Hultman P.

Toxicology. 2005 Mar 1;208(1):149-64.PMID: 15664442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inter-individual variations of human mercury exposure biomarkers: a cross-sectional assessment.

Berglund M, Lind B, Björnberg KA, Palm B, Einarsson O, Vahter M.

Environ Health. 2005 Oct 3;4:20.PMID: 16202128 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Levels of non-essential elements in muscle from harp seal (Phagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) caught in the Greenland Sea area.

Brunborg LA, Graff IE, Frøyland L, Julshamn K.

Sci Total Environ. 2006 Aug 1;366(2-3):784-98. Epub 2005 Dec 20.PMID: 16368127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of mitogen-induced responses in marine mammal and human lymphocytes by in-vitro exposure of butyltins and non-ortho coplanar PCBs.

Nakata H, Sakakibara A, Kanoh M, Kudo S, Watanabe H, Nagai N, Miyazaki N, Asano Y, Tanabe S.

Environ Pollut. 2002;120(2):245-53.PMID: 12395836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative sensitivity of harbour and grey seals to several environmental contaminants using in vitro exposure.

Dufresne MM, Frouin H, Pillet S, Lesage V, De Guise S, Fournier M.

Mar Pollut Bull. 2010 Mar;60(3):344-349. Epub 2009 Nov 28.PMID: 19945719 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Mercury species in the liver of ringed seals.

Wagemann R, Trebacz E, Boila G, Lockhart WL.

Sci Total Environ. 2000 Oct 16;261(1-3):21-32.PMID: 11036974 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methylmercury poisoning in the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus).

Ronald K, Tessaro SV, Uthe JF, Freeman HC, Frank R.

Sci Total Environ. 1977 Jul;8(1):1-11.PMID: 887917 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between lymphocyte proliferation and polychlorinated biphenyls in free-ranging harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups from British Columbia, Canada.

Levin M, De Guise S, Ross PS.

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2005 May;24(5):1247-52.PMID: 16111007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles