A quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay to measure TGF-β mRNA and its correlation with hematologic, plasma chemistry and organo-somatic indices responses in triamcinolone-treated Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-484

  Johnson, A K ^a   Harms, C A ^a   Levine, J F ^a   Law, J McHugh ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic menhaden; Health indices; Hematology; Plasma chemistry; Real time RT PCR; TGF ; Triamcinolone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MONOCYTOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER; SPLEEN CELL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

EID: 32044443395     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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