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THE EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON LYMPH NODE WEIGHT IN THE MOUSE
Author(s) -
Hetherington C. M.,
Humber D.P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
international journal of immunogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1744-313X
pISSN - 1744-3121
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-313x.1977.tb00909.x
Subject(s) - spleen , lymph , pregnancy , conceptus , lymph node , medicine , lymphatic system , andrology , biology , immunology , gestation , pathology , genetics
SUMMARY Lumbar and renal lymph nodes, inguinal lymph nodes and spleen weights were recorded during pregnancy in mice after mating with males of the same (syngeneic) or a different (allogeneic) strain. The weights of these nodes increased during pregnancy. Spleen weights increased up to the fifteenth day of pregnancy and then decreased in weight. There was no consistent correlation of any of these measurements with the extent of the antigenic dissimilarity between mother and conceptus.