The PHA test reflects acquired T-cell mediated immunocompetence in birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Tella, José L ^a   Lemus, Jesús A ^b   Carrete, Martina ^a   Blanco, Guillermo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLASMA PROTEIN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SECONDARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; BIRDS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARROTS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 54749155621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003295     Document Type: Article

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