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Transcriptional responses of PBMC in psychosocially stressed animals indicate an alerting of the immune system in female but not in castrated male pigs.
BMC genomics - 8 Nov 2014
Oster Michael, Muráni Eduard, Ponsuksili Siriluck, D'Eath Richard B, Turner Simon P, Evans Gary, Thölking Ludger, Kurt Esra, Klont Ronald, Foury Aline, Mormède Pierre, Wimmers Klaus
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BACKGROUND: Brain and immune system are linked in a bi-directional manner. To date, it remained largely unknown why immune components become suppressed, enhanced, or remain unaffected in relation to psychosocial stress. Therefore, we mixed unfamiliar pigs with different levels of aggressiveness. We separated castrated male and female pigs into psychosocially high- and low- stressed animals by skin lesions, plasma...
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