Immunology of whales and dolphins

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 133, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 81-94

  Beineke, Andreas ^a   Siebert, Ursula ^b   Wohlsein, Peter ^a   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Cytokines; Immune responses; Immunology; Immunotoxicity; Leukocyte subsets; Lymphoid organs; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MYCOSIS; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WHALE;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFECTION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MORBILLIVIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 72449154588     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.06.019     Document Type: Review

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