THE INFLUENCE OF ADRENAL CORTICAL HORMONES UPON IMMUNITY IN COLD-BLOODED VERTEBRATES
- 1 April 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 6 (1), 99-103
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0060099
Abstract
The reduction in the rate of antibody release which occurs, at low temps., in fish and amphibia, is overcome by the injn. of adrenal cortical hormones. The process of immunization, and the acquisition of the potential of antibody production are not affected by these substances.Keywords
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