Amal M. K. El Safty

Alteration in the Balance between Type 1 and Type 2 Immune Responses among Lead Exposed Population

Yehia A. Zakaria, Amal M. K. El Safty, Essam E. Abdel-Rafaa & Mai M. Sherif · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

Immunotoxic effect of lead was reported in several studies. However, overt cytotoxicity of major immune cell types was not evident in such studies and it was suggested that lead might rather affect the balance between T-helper 1 (Th1) and T-helper 2 (Th) immune responses cytokine...