Increased Thymic Cell Turnover under Boron Stress May Bypass TLR3/4 Pathway in African Ostrich.

Previous studies revealed that thymus is a targeted immune organ in malnutrition, and high-boron stress is harmful for immune organs. African ostrich is the living fossil of ancient birds and the food animals in modern life. There is no report about the effect of boron intake on thymus of ostrich. T...

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Main Authors: Hai-bo Huang, Ke Xiao, Shun Lu, Ke-li Yang, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Haseeb Khaliq, Hui Song, Juming Zhong, Hua-zhen Liu, Ke-mei Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4460079?pdf=render