Cyclosporin A, but not bursectomy, abolishes the protective immunity of chickens against Leucocytozoon caulleryi

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-441

  Isobe, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Shin Ya ^a   Yoshihara, Shinobu ^a   Yokomizo, Yuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bursectomy; Cell mediated immunity; Chicken; Cyclosporin A; Leucocytozoon caulleryi; T cell growth factor; T cell proliferation; T cell subpopulations

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOSPORIN A; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BURSECTOMY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LEUCOCYTOZOON CAULLERYI; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; REINFECTION; SPOROZOITE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON CAULLERYI;

EID: 0034102497     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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