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Natural Killer Cell Activity And Beta-Endorphin In The Mink (Mustela Vison) And The In Vitro Effect Of Beta-Endorphin In Immunologic Assays, Nancy Cathleen Pace
Natural Killer Cell Activity And Beta-Endorphin In The Mink (Mustela Vison) And The In Vitro Effect Of Beta-Endorphin In Immunologic Assays, Nancy Cathleen Pace
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate natural killer cell activity and the possible role of beta- endorphin in a natural model of autoimmune orchitis, the dark mink.
An assay was developed to study natural killer cell activity in the mink and base-line levels of activity in this specie were determined. Natural killer cell activity was assessed in fertile mutation mink, primary infertile dark mink and secondary infertile Utah dark mink with autoimmune orchitis. The study included three sampling times: November, March and April. Natural killer cell activity was significantly lower in mink studied in April than it was …