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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
A whole-blood-culture technique was used to sequentially evaluated peripheral blood lymphocyte responses to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and concanavalin A (Con A) of normal chickens and chickens infected at 1 day or 3 weeks of age with infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). This method had numerous advantages over the more conventional techniques. A comparative study was made on the percentage of inhibition of responses of peripheral blood lymphocytes to PHA and Con A of 1-day- and 3-week-old IBDV-infected chickens. In both groups, there was a minimum inhibition between 3 and 4 weeks postinfection (PI) and a maximum inhibition at 6 weeks PI. A one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) was performed using mitomycin-C-treated cells as stimulator cells obtained from chickens of genetically different strains. Lymphocytes from the experimental birds (control, 1-day-infected, and 3-week-infected groups) were used as the responder cells. The results showed that MLR response of the IBDV-infected chickens was significantly reduced compared with those of the uninfected controls. The degree of lowered response was much more severe in chickens infected at 1 day of age than in those infected at 3 weeks of age.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0005-2086
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
112-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Immune profile of infectious bursal disease. III. Effect of infectious bursal disease virus on the lymphocyte responses to phytomitogens and on mixed lymphocyte reaction of chickens.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't