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Metabolic Cost of the Activation of Immune Response in the Fish-Eating Myotis (Myotis vivesi): The Effects of Inflammation and the Acute Phase Response

Inflammation and activation of the acute phase response (APR) are energetically demanding processes that protect against pathogens. Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are antigens commonly used to stimulate inflammation and the APR, respectively. We tested the hypothesis that the...

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Autores principales: Otálora-Ardila, Aída, Herrera M., L. Gerardo, Flores-Martínez, José Juan, Welch, Kenneth C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5085018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27792729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164938