Juvenile Nutritional Stress Affects Growth Rate, Adult Organ Mass, and Innate Immune Function in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

2013 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 769-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Buddhamas Kriengwatana ◽  
Haruka Wada ◽  
Alexander Macmillan ◽  
Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Immune Function ◽  
Nutritional Stress ◽  
Taeniopygia Guttata ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Innate Immune Function ◽  
Organ Mass

scholarly journals Effects of early-life conditions on innate immune function in adult zebra finches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merijn M. G. Driessen ◽  
Maaike A. Versteegh ◽  
Yoran H. Gerritsma ◽  
B. Irene Tieleman ◽  
Ido Pen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Function ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Brood Size ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Bacterial Killing ◽  
Innate Immune Function ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
Early Life Conditions ◽  
Developmental Conditions

Early life conditions can impact individuals for life, with harsh developmental conditions resulting in lower fitness, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We hypothesised that immune function may be part of the underlying mechanism, when harsh developmental conditions result in less effective immune function. We tested this hypothesis by comparing innate immune function between zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) in adulthood (n=230; age 108 – 749 days) that were reared in either small or large broods. We used this experimental background to follow up our earlier finding that finches reared in large broods have a shorter lifespan. To render a broad overview of innate immune function, we used an array of six measures: bacterial killing capacity, haemagglutination, haemolysis, haptoglobin, nitric oxide, and ovotransferrin. We found no convincing evidence for effects of natal brood size on any of the six measures of innate immune function. This raised the question whether the origin of variation in immune function was genetic, and we therefore estimated heritabilities using animal models. However, we found heritability estimates to be low (range 0.04 – 0.11) for all measured immune variables, suggesting variation in innate immune function can largely be attributed to environmental effects independent of early-life conditions as modified by natal brood size.

scholarly journals Early Life Ozone Exposure Results in Dysregulated Innate Immune Function and Altered microRNA Expression in Airway Epithelium

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e90401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice C. Clay ◽  
Kinjal Maniar-Hew ◽  
Joan E. Gerriets ◽  
Theodore T. Wang ◽  
Edward M. Postlethwait ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Function ◽  
Airway Epithelium ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Microrna Expression ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Ozone Exposure ◽  
Innate Immune Function

scholarly journals Influence of Crohn’s disease related polymorphisms in innate immune function on ileal microbiome

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e0213108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Li ◽  
Yuanhao Zhang ◽  
Xinyu Tian ◽  
Xuefeng Wang ◽  
Grace Gathungu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Immune Function ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Innate Immune Function

scholarly journals Markers of Innate Immune Function Are Associated with Vitamin A Stores in Men

2008 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaikh M. Ahmad ◽  
Marjorie J. Haskell ◽  
Rubhana Raqib ◽  
Charles B. Stephensen
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Immune Function ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Innate Immune Function
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