... predicting that there should be line-type-dependent immunosuppression in warm-exposed mice was not corroborated by the results. The absence of an effect of exposure to 34°C on a humoral response was accompanied by a decrease in WBC counts and an increase in N/L ratio ( Fig. 2 ). These data are consistent...

... mollissima ) is suppressed during their incubation, during which they entirely fast. Corticosterone was proposed to be an underlying physiological mechanism for such immunosuppression. Therefore,the current study aimed to assess the effects of exogenous corticosterone on acquired immunity in captive eiders...

...Gwendolyn C. Bachman SUMMARY Immunosuppression may be an important cost of reproduction in breeding males. It can result from elevated levels of testosterone or stress hormones and may serve to lower the energetic cost of maintaining immune function at a time of high demand. This suggests...

... ). serotonin immunomodulation rainbow trout fish stress immunosuppression © The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 21 4 1997 In fish, subpopulations of T and B lymphocytes have been identified and their functions have been reported to be similar to those of mammalian T and B cells...