Acute stress during ontogeny suppresses innate, but not acquired immunity in a semi-precocial bird (Larus delawarensis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-192

  Chin, Eunice H ^a   Quinn, James S ^b   Burness, Gary ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complement; Corticosterone; Development; Immunoglobulin Y; Natural antibodies; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y;

ACUTE STRESS; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALTRICIAL SPECIES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICK; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARUS DELAWARENSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COMPLEMENT; CORTICOSTERONE; DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN-Y; NATURAL ANTIBODIES; STRESS RESPONSE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883663055     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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