Association of Adrenocorticotrophin and Cortisol Concentrations with Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Cytokine Gene Expression in Septic and Nonseptic Neonatal Foals

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 654-661

  Gold, J R ^a   Cohen, N D ^a   Welsh, T H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Foals; Gene expression; Hormones; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860572272     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2012.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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