Exploiting ovine immunology to improve the relevance of biomedical models

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-77

  Entrican, Gary ^a   Wattegedera, Sean R ^a   Griffiths, David J ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical models; Immunology; Lung disease; Reproductive disease; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONGENIC STRAIN; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA IMMUNIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; OVINE MODEL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETROVIRIDAE; SHEEP FARMING; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHEEP; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SHEEP;

EID: 84925505866     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: 18729142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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