Induction and characterization of endotoxin tolerance in equine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro
Endotoxemia is responsible for severe illness in horses. Individuals can become unresponsive to the endotoxin molecule after an initial exposure; this phenomenon has been called developing a state of â endotoxin toleranceâ (ET). ET has been induced in horses in vivo; however, cytokine expression...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44307 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08192010-172631/ |