Effect of age and mitogen on the frequency of interleukin-4 and interferon gamma secreting cells in foals and adult horses as assessed by an equine-specific ELISPOT assay

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-71

  Ryan, Clare ^a   Giguère, Steeve ^a   Hagen, Jodi ^b   Hartnett, Chris ^b   Kalyuzhny, Alexander E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b R and D Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISPOT; Equine; Foal; IFN ; IL 4

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOMYCIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOAL; HORSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SECRETORY CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONCANAVALIN A; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; IONOMYCIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MITOGENS; NEUTROPHILS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 71649102274     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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