Hypergravity-induced immunomodulation in a rodent model: Hematological and lymphocyte function analyses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-38

  Pecaut, Michael J ^a   Miller, Glen M ^a   Nelson, Gregory A ^a   Gridley, Dalia S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Cytokine; Erythrocyte; Immune

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPLEEN CELL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOKINES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HYPERGRAVITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; PLATELET COUNT; SPLEEN;

EID: 3042512315     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01304.2003     Document Type: Article

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