Determination of tumor necrosis factor-α responsiveness in piglets around weaning using an ex vivo whole blood stimulation assay

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 59-66

  Carstensen, Lone ^a   Røntved, Christine Maria ^a   Nielsen, Jens Peter ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Endotoxin whole blood stimulation; TNF ; Weaning piglets

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EX VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SWINE; WEANING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUCKLING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WEANING;

EID: 18744363355     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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