Immunocompetence
In immunology, immunocompetence is the ability of the body to produce a normal immune response following exposure to an antigen ... Persons with altered immunocompetence should not receive live, attenuated vaccines (viral or bacterial), and may not receive ... In reference to lymphocytes, immunocompetence means that a B cell or T cell is mature and can recognize antigens and allow a ... Adaptive immunocompetence is regulated by growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL), and vasopressin (VP) - hormones secreted by the ...
Pollinator
Floral diet diversity has been seen to increase immunocompetence levels in honeybees (Apis mellifera) where diets that ... "Diet effects on honeybee immunocompetence". Biology Letters. 6 (4): 562-565. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0986. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC ...
Attenuated vaccine
"ACIP Altered Immunocompetence Guidelines for Immunizations , CDC". www.cdc.gov. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023 ...
Lymphocytopenia
Faguet GB (October 1975). "Quantitation of immunocompetence in Hodgkin's disease". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 56 (4 ...
Handicap principle
The theory of immunocompetence handicaps suggests that androgen-mediated traits accurately signal condition due to the ... Roberts, M. L.; Buchanan, K. L.; Evans, M. R. (2004). "Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: a review of the ... Folstad, I.; Karter, A. K. (1992). "Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap". American Naturalist. 139 (3): ...
Parasite-stress theory
Roberts, M. L.; Buchanan, K. L.; Evans, M. R. (2004-08-01). "Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: a review of the ... immunocompetence (the ability of an organism to produce a normal immune response to an antigen) had a significant relationship ... "Androgens and the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis: Unraveling Direct and Indirect Pathways of Immunosuppression in Song ... Bright males and the Immunocompetence Handicap". The American Naturalist. 139 (3): 603. doi:10.1086/285346. S2CID 85266542. ...
Parasitism
However, there may be a trade-off between immunocompetence and breeding male vertebrate hosts' secondary sex characteristics, ... Folstad, Ivar; Karter, Andrew John (1992). "Parasites, Bright Males, and the Immunocompetence Handicap". The American ...
Ecoimmunology
The Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis and similar theories propose that testosterone mediates a trade-off between longevity ... Folstad and Karter proposed the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis, whereby testosterone acts as a mediator of ... Folstad I, Karter AJ (1992). "Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap". American Naturalist. 139 (3): 603-22 ...
Schreckstoff
Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap. The American Naturalist 139: 603-622. Frisch, K. v. 1938. Zur ...
Immune network theory
H. N. Claman; E. A. Chaperon; Triplett R. F. (1966). "Immunocompetence of transferred thymus-marrow cell combinations". J. ...
Ovulatory shift hypothesis
Folstad, Ivar; Karter, Andrew J. (1992). "Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap". The American Naturalist ...
Kate Buchanan
Robers, M. L.; Buchanan, K. L.; Evans, M. R. (2004). "Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: a review of the ... interactions between early development and control of the stress related behaviour and physiology and whether immunocompetence ...
Deployment cost-benefit selection in physiology
Lochmiller, R., Vestey, M. Boren, J. (1993). "Relationship between protein nutritional status and immunocompetence in northern ...
Ruff (bird)
Lozano, G.A.; Lank, D.B. (2004). "Immunocompetence and testosterone-induced condition traits in male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax ... "Do global patterns of habitat use and migration strategies co-evolve with relative investments in immunocompetence due to ...
Bart Deplancke
... allowing elucidation of important genetic principles underlying variation in gut immunocompetence. In 2011, Deplancke co- ... molecular and physiological basis of variation in Drosophila gut immunocompetence". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 7829. Bibcode ...
Iodoacetic acid
Rhein, M. S.; Filppi, J. A.; Moore, V. S. (1975). "Effect of Iodoacetate on the Bone Marrow Immunocompetence of AKR Mice" (PDF ...
David Perrett
"Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: ...
Beak
"Gape coloration reliably reflects immunocompetence of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings" (PDF). Behavioral Ecology. 14 ( ... with barn swallow nestlings showed the vividness of the gape was positively correlated with T-cell-mediated immunocompetence, ...
Signalling theory
McGraw, K. J.; Ardia, D. R. (2003). "Carotenoids, immunocompetence, and the information content of sexual colors: An ...
Barn swallow
"Gape coloration reliably reflects immunocompetence of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings" (PDF). Behavioral Ecology. 14 ( ... brood size and immune system showed the vividness of the gape was positively correlated with T-cell-mediated immunocompetence, ...
Writing therapy
The significantly increased lymphocyte response led to speculation that expressive writing enhances immunocompetence. The ...
South Island robin
doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00388.x. Hale, K. A.; Briskie, J. V. (2007). "Decreased immunocompetence in a severely ...
European storm petrel
Esparza, Beatriz; Martínez-Abraín, Alejandro; Merino, Santiago; Oro, Daniel (2004). "Immunocompetence and the prevalence of ...
Carotenoid
Plasma Carotenoid Level Signals Immunocompetence and Oxidative Stress State in Birds-A Meta-Analysis". PLOS ONE. 7 (8): e43088 ...
Animal cognition
Audet JN, Ducatez S, Lefebvre L (2015). "The town bird and the country bird: problem solving and immunocompetence vary with ...
Barbados bullfinch
... problem solving and immunocompetence vary with urbanization". Behavioral Ecology. 27 (2): 637-644. doi:10.1093/beheco/arv201. ... bullfinches living in urban environments were found to have better problem-solving skills and a better immunocompetence than ...
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
These side effects occur in areas of neuroendocrine, DNA damage, immunocompetence and increased energy expenses. This not only ...
Bombus terrestris
Surprisingly, the immunocompetence, as measured by the ability to encapsulate a novel antigen, does not vary based on the local ... Schmid-Hempel, R. & P. Schmid-Hempel (1998). "Colony performance and immunocompetence of a social insect, B. terrestris, in ... König, Cornelia; Schmid-Hempel, Paul (22 May 1995). "Foraging activity and immunocompetence in workers of the bumble bee, ...
Tree swallow
In the breeding female tree swallow, humoral immunocompetence (HIC) is inversely correlated with laying date. This means that, ... Whether a female chooses to prioritize offspring quality or immunocompetence is likely related to survival probabilities; a ... Hasselquist, Dennis; Wasson, Matthew F.; Winkler, David W. (2001). "Humoral immunocompetence correlates with date of egg-laying ...
Island syndrome
doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02019.x. Baeckens, Simon; Van Damme, Raoul (2018). "Immunocompetence and parasite infestation in a ...