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Characterization of phenotype related responsiveness of peripheral blood lymphocytes from Eimeria tenella infected chickens.
Parasite immunology - 1 Dec 1997
Breed D G, Schetters T P, Verhoeven N A, Vermeulen A N
Abstract excerpt
We have previously shown that the proportion of CD8-expressing T cells (CD8bright+ and CD4+ CD8dim+ cells) in the peripheral blood of chickens increases around 8 days after a primary infection with Eimeria tenella oocysts. The increase in the CD8+ eight cells coincides with enhanced responses after in vitro stimulation with parasite antigen. In the study described here, the responsiveness of these day 8 PBL was...
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