Reciprocal interaction between melatonin receptors (Mel1a, Mel1b, and Mel1c) and androgen receptor (AR) expression in immunoregulation of a seasonally breeding bird, Perdicula asiatica: Role of photoperiod

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-60

  Yadav, S K ^a   Haldar, C ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Immunity; Melatonin receptor; Photoperiod; Quail

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; GONAD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERDICULA ASIATICA; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STIMULATION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; QUAIL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; PERDICULA ASIATICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84875982757     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: 18732682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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