Season- and gender-dependent changes in the immune function of Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-60

  Pawlak, Joanna ^a   Majewski, Pawel ^a   Markowska, Magdalena ^a   Skwarło Sońta, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Immunity; Peritoneal leukocytes; ROS synthesis; Seasonal changes; Sexual dimorphism; Siberian hamster; Splenocyte proliferation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOGENIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN CELL; TESTIS CELL;

EID: 15444374465     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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