Abstract:Tributyltin (TBT) is a toxic man‐made compound that was used in wood preservation, marine antifouling paints, disinfection of circulating industrial cooling waters and slime control in paper mills. Detectable levels have been found in human blood. Exposure to TBT decreases the tumor‐cell lysing (lytic) function of human natural killer (NK) lymphocytes. In this study we assessed the effects of concentrations of TBT that have been shown to decrease NK lytic function on the phosphorylation states of protein tyros… Show more
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