Immunosenescence in some but not all immune components in a free-living vertebrate, the tree swallow

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1612, 2007, Pages 951-957

  Palacios, Maria G ^a   Cunnick, Joan E ^a   Winkler, David W ^b   Vleck, Carol M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Immunocompetence; Lymphocyte proliferation; Natural antibodies; Phytohemagglutinin test

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANTIBODY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SWALLOW (BIRD); TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; NEW YORK; SEX FACTORS; SWALLOWS;

EID: 34248547892     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0192     Document Type: Article

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