Effects of aflatoxin B1 on t-cell subsets and mRNA expression of cytokines in the intestine of broilers

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 6945-6959

  Jiang, Min ^a   Peng, Xi ^a,b   Fang, Jing ^a,b   Cui, Hengmin ^a,b   Yu, Zhengqiang ^a   Chen, Zhengli ^b  

^a Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Broilers; Cytokine; Intestinal mucosal immunity; T cell subsets

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; BETA ACTIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROILER; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUODENUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ILEUM; INTESTINE; JEJUNUM; LAMINA PROPRIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SMALL INTESTINE;

AFLATOXIN B1; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84930651588     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16046945     Document Type: Article

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