Metabolic costs of mounting an antigen-stimulated immune response in adult and aged C57BL/6J mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   Chefer, Vladimir ^b   Talan, Mark I ^b   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Immunoglobulin; Melatonin; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030699420     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.5.r1631     Document Type: Article

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