Article
Alterations in splenic lymphoid cell subsets and activation antigens in copper-deficient rats.
The Journal of nutrition - 1 May 1991
Bala S, Failla M L, Lunney J K
Abstract excerpt
Rats were nursed by dams fed a diet containing adequate (6 micrograms/g) or deficient (0.6 micrograms/g) Cu during the lactation period and weaned to the same diet. Splenic mononuclear cells were isolated and the phenotypic profile determined by flow cytometry after immunolabelling with monoclona...
Topics
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Cells, Cultured
- Copper
- Deficiency Diseases
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Leukocyte Count
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Macrophages
- Male
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Receptors, Interleukin-2
- Receptors, Transferrin
- Sex Factors
