Article
Stress-induced reduction in the rat mixed lymphocyte reaction is due to macrophages and not to changes in T cell phenotypes.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Jan 1995
Fleshner M, Bellgrau D, Watkins L R, Laudenslager M L, Maier S F
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to aversive events or stressors modulates various aspects of immune function. We have previously reported that exposure to an acute stressor, inescapable tail shock (IS), resulted in a shift in T cell subpopulations in rat mesenteric lymph nodes but not in cervical lymph nodes (Fleshner...
Topics
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Cytological Techniques
- Electroshock
- Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
- Macrophages
- Male
- Nylons
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
- Rats, Inbred Strains