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Urinary neopterin, a non-invasive marker of mammalian cellular immune activation, is highly stable under field conditions

Studying immunity and immune function in ecology and evolution requires field studies, but there has been a dearth of non-invasive markers of immune activation available for studying large wild mammals. Recently, we analytically and biologically validated the measurement of urinary neopterin (NEO),...

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Autores principales: Heistermann, Michael, Higham, James P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26549509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16308