Expression profiles of the immune genes CD4, CD8β IFNγ, IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 in mitogen-stimulated koala lymphocytes (Phascolarctos cinereus) by qRT-PCR

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Maher, Iona E ^a   Griffith, Joanna E ^a   Lau, Quintin ^a   Reeves, Thomas ^a   Higgins, Damien P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Cytokine; Immunology; Koala; KoRV; Marsupial; Mitogen stimulation; Wildife disease

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; KOALA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84895752442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.280     Document Type: Article

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