Morphological characterization of postembryonic development of blood–spleen barrier in duck

The spleen is the largest peripheral lymphoid organ and an important site of immune response, in which the blood–spleen barrier (BSB) plays a significant role to resist various pathogens. The BSB structure of duck spleen is different from that of chicken and mammals. However, no information about th...

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Main Authors: Mengdi Xu, Wenqian Li, Sheng Yang, Xuejing Sun, Imran Tarique, Ping Yang, Qiusheng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120303138