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Specific and nonspecific reactions of mouse immune system under the effect of short-term exposure in warm and/or cold water

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Transient changes in environmental temperature produce a short-term, but significant effect on the immune system reactions in laboratory mice. Activities of nonspecific resistance factors (peritoneal macrophages) in mice exposed in warm or cold water were characterized by similar reactions, while the reactions of cellular and humoral immunity were opposite. Exposure to cold water activated cellular immunity, while warm water activated humoral immune system. The most significant changes in the immune system reactions were observed during the first 3 days of thermal exposure. Temperature alteration from cold to warm leads to activation of cellular and suppression of humoral components of the immune system. Alteration of water temperature from warm to cold leads to activation of nonspecific resistance factors, cellular and humoral immunity.

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  1. Institute of General and Applied Cryology, Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Russia

    L. F. Kalenova, Yu. G. Sukhovei & T. A. Fisher

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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 140, No. 12, pp. 674–677, December, 2005

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Kalenova, L.F., Sukhovei, Y.G. & Fisher, T.A. Specific and nonspecific reactions of mouse immune system under the effect of short-term exposure in warm and/or cold water. Bull Exp Biol Med 140, 720–722 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-006-0065-8

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