Seasonal changes in peripheral blood leukocyte functions of the turtle Mauremys caspica and their relationship with corticosterone, 17-β-estradiol and testosterone serum levels

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 27-42

  Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   Galván, Angeles ^a   Lerma, Mercedes ^a   De La Fuente, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte functions; NK activity; Seasonal cycle; Steroid hormones; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE ADHERENCE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELL CYTOTOXICITY; CELL ADHESION; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IN VITRO; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTOSTERONE; TURTLES;

EID: 0034707139     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(00)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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