Photoperiodic adjustments in immune function protect Siberian hamsters from lethal endotoxemia

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Prendergast, Brian J ^a   Hotchkiss, Andrew K ^a   Bilbo, Staci D ^b   Kinsey, Steven G ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host defense; LPS; Photoperiodism; Proinflammatory cytokine; Seasonality; TNF

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOTOXEMIA; HAMSTER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CRICETINAE; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LETHAL DOSE 50; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037925440     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730402239676     Document Type: Article

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