Triiodothyronine suppresses humoral immunity but not T-cell-mediated immune response in incubating female eiders (Somateria mollissima)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-194

  Bourgeon, Sophie ^a   Raclot, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Birds; Body fat reserves; Fasting; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DUCK; EIDER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 33947187507     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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