Article
Modulation of T cell and monocyte function in the spleen following infection of pigs with African swine fever virus.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 30 Apr 1998
Childerstone A, Takamatsu H, Yang H, Denyer M, Parkhouse R M
Abstract excerpt
Infection of pigs with many strains of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) has been shown to cause a loss or marked decrease in the ability of splenocytes to respond to mitogens. These observations have been extended by cell fractionation and reconstitution experiments to show that the mitogen stimu...
Topics
- African Swine Fever Virus
- Animals
- Antigen-Presenting Cells
- B-Lymphocytes
- CD3 Complex
- Classical Swine Fever
- Immune Tolerance
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mitogens
- Monocytes
- Phenotype
