The PHA test as an indicator of phagocytic activity in a passerine bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Salaberria, Concepción ^a,c   Muriel, Jaime ^a   De Luna, MarÍa ^a,b   Gil, Diego ^a   Puerta, Marisa ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL SWELLING; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROPHILE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SKIN TEST; STARLING; STURNUS UNICOLOR; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; STARLINGS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84896727875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084108     Document Type: Article

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