Physiologic Concentrations of Cortisol Suppress Cell-Mediated Immune Events in the Domestic Pig

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 156-164

  Westly, Hollie J ^a   Kelley, Keith W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THYMIDINE H 3; THYMUS;

ANIMAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTES; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0021687199     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-177-41926     Document Type: Article

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