Regulatory T cells are decreased in acute RHDV lethal infection of adult rabbits

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 343-347

  Teixeira, Luzia ^a,b   Marques, Raquel M ^a,b   Águas, Artur P ^a,b   Ferreira, Paula G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UMIB   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Foxp3; Regulatory T cells; RHD; RHDV; Tregs

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAGOVIRUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; RABBITS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 84865005902     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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