Exposure to B(a)P and/or its mixtures causes
immunotoxic and teratogenic effects, and induces apoptosis and cell proliferation, as well as increased DNA methylation and DNA-PAH adducts formation.
When the traditional populations eat these creatures contaminated with methyl mercury, they expose themselves chronically and continuously to this dangerous metal, with the potential to cause neurotoxic, nephrotoxic and
immunotoxic effects, adversely affecting the cognitive and motor development of children (26).
However, manipulating the immune system to promote enhanced activity also presents the potential to introduce
immunotoxic effects.
In this sense, because formalin has chemical properties that make it appropriate to produce possible
immunotoxic effects on fishes under therapeutic procedures, this study aimed to evaluate stress and innate immune response in tilapia as a result of the corrective treatment with a sufficient concentration of this substance.
Immunotoxic effects of nickel in the mud crab Scylla serrate.
DON exerts toxic and
immunotoxic effects in various animal species.
This might be due to the
immunotoxic effects of xenobiotics or their metabolites in leaves extract as spleen being an important and the largest secondary lymphoid organ to evaluate the treatment-related lesions.
Additionally, PAHs have teratogenic, haematological, and
immunotoxic effects, and their concentrations in food should therefore be as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA principle) [6-8].
Thus, sawmill workers may be exposed at work to the inhalation of various allergenic and
immunotoxic agents, comprising wood derivatives and microorganisms associated with timber.
Ochratoxin: Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a nephrotoxic,
immunotoxic, and carcinogenic mycotoxin.
Immunotoxic effects of environmental pollutants in marine mammals.