Lesions of thymus and decreased percentages of the peripheral blood T-cell subsets in chickens fed on diets excess in selenium

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1972-1978

  Peng, Xi ^a   Cui, Hengmin ^a   Cui, Yun ^a   Deng, Junliang ^a   Zuo, Zhicai ^a   Fang, Jing ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Excess dietary selenium; Flow cytometry; Histological lesion; T cell subset; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INJURY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MITOCHONDRION DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM FEEDING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; THYMUS LESION; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIOXIDANTS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOPENIA; SODIUM SELENITE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84856303682     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327111403176     Document Type: Article

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