Understanding stress-induced immunosuppression: Exploration of cytokine and chemokine gene profiles in chicken peripheral leukocytes

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 841-851

  Shini, S ^a   Huff, G R ^b   Shini, A ^a   Kaiser, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Cytokine and chemokine response; Immune suppression; Leukocyte; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

CHEMOKINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; CHICKEN; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHEMOKINES; CHICKENS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; LEUKOCYTES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VACCINES; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 77953056450     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00483     Document Type: Article

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