Effect of boar seminal immunosuppressive component on humoral immune response in mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-113

  Veselský, Leopold ^a   Dostál, Jaromír ^b   Źelezná, Blanka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Immunoglobulin classes production; Seminal immunosuppressor

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPERM; SWINE;

EID: 0030878354     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00284.x     Document Type: Article

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