CD4, CD8 and TCR defined T-cell subsets in thymus and spleen of 2- and 7-week old commercial broiler chickens

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-348

  Erf, Gisela F ^a   Bottje, Walter G ^a   Bersi, Tina K ^a  

^a Center of Excellence for Poultry Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Chicken; Flow cytometry; Lymphocyte antigens; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHICKENS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032580242     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(97)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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