Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Changes in blood lymphocyte subpopulations and expression of MHC-II molecules in wild mares before and after parturition
- Journal:
- Journal of Veterinary Research
- Year:
- 2017
- Authors:
- Krakowski Leszek et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Andrology and Biotechnology of Reproduction, Chair of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-612Lublin, Poland · PL
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Introduction: Pregnancy is a physiological state in which the immune system undergoes certain changes. On the one hand, by depleting cell defence mechanisms, it favours development and maintenance of the pregnancy. At the same time cells of the immune system ensure resistance to many risk factors, including infectious agents.
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Search related cases →Original publication: https://doi.org/10.1515/jvetres-2017-0028