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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020

Serum Health Biomarkers in African and Asian Elephants: Value Ranges and Clinical Values Indicative of the Immune Response.

Katie L Edwards, Michele A Miller, Jessica Siegal-Willott, Janine L Brown

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Katie L EdwardsCenter for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.
Michele A MillerDepartment of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5883-6076
Jessica Siegal-WillottDepartment of Wildlife Health Sciences, Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC 20008, USA.
Janine L BrownCenter for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3898-7755

Funding

Institute of Museum and Library Services LG-25-10- 0033-10Morris Animal Foundation D15ZO-403Smithsonian Institution n/aSouth African Medical Research Council n/aundefined <span style="color:gray;font-size:10px;">undefined</span> 86949undefined <span style="color:gray;font-size:10px;">undefined</span> n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serum biomarkers indicative of inflammation and disease can provide useful information regarding host immune processes, responses to treatment and prognosis. The aims of this study were to assess the use of commercially available anti-equine reagents for the quantification of cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), interleukins (IL) 2, 6, and 10) in African (

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acquired immunityAcute phase proteinscytokinesElephas maximusELISAequineinnate immunityLoxodonta africanareference intervalsserum chemistries

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PMID32992555
PMCPMC7601509

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