Effect of Methionine Deficiency on the Thymus and the Subsets and Proliferation of Peripheral Blood T-Cell, and Serum IL-2 Contents in Broilers

Effect of Methionine Deficiency on the Thymus and the Subsets and Proliferation of Peripheral Blood T-Cell, and Serum IL-2 Contents in Broilers

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of methionine deficiency on cellular immune function by determining morphological and ultrastructural changes of thymus, thymic cell cycle and apoptosis, peripheral blood T-cell subsets, T-cell proliferation function and the serum interleukin-...

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Main Authors: Bang-yuan WU, Heng-min CUI, Xi PENG, Jing FANG, Wei CUI, Xiao-dong LIU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Subjects:
methionine deficiency
thymus
T-cells
IL-2
broiler
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311912600938

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