Relationships between metabolic status, corticosterone secretion and maintenance of innate and adaptive humoral immunities in fasted re-fed mallards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3810-3818

  Bourgeon, Sophie ^a   Kauffmann, Marion ^b,c   Geiger, Sylvie ^b,c   Raclot, Thierry ^b,c   Robin, Jean Patrice ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental variations; Fuel reserves; Natural antibodies; Plasma immunoglobulin Y; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; DUCK; EATING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DUCKS; EATING; FASTING; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS;

ANAS; AVES;

EID: 78649294880     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.045484     Document Type: Article

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