Increased blood interleukin-10 mRNA levels in diseased free-ranging harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 100-106

  Beineke, Andreas ^a   Siebert, Ursula ^b   Müller, Gundi ^a   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokine analysis; Disease susceptibility; Harbor porpoise; Interleukin 10; Lymphoid depletion; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORPOISE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; THYMUS ATROPHY; UPREGULATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; PHOCOENA; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA;

EID: 33845401214     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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