The isolator piglet: A model for studying the development of adaptive immunity

Immunologic Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 33-51

  Butler, J E ^a   Šinkora, Marek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

B and T cell repertoire; Colonization; Fetal development; Immune homeostasis; Neonatal development

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BREAST FEEDING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOOD ALLERGY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGLET; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34248137444     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-007-0062-7     Document Type: Review

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