Differential alterations in ultrastructural morphology of chicken heterophils and lymphocytes induced by corticosterone and lipopolysaccharide

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Shini, Shaniko ^a   Kaiser, Pete ^b   Shini, Agim ^a   Bryden, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Corticosterone; Heterophil; Lipopolysaccharide; Lymphocyte; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; HETEROPHILE ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOPLASM; DIET; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SAMPLE; STIMULATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEUTROPHILS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 39449132543     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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