… sea lions. Here, we examine leukocyte transcriptional profiles of free-ranging adult California
sea lions … -1 induces systemic immune responses in otherwise healthy California sea lions. …

… , measured in conjunction with traditional immunological (eg WBC counts) and physiological
(eg, serum liver enzymes) biomarkers, are increasingly useful to describe immune profiles, …

… of the Steller sea lion major histocompatibility complex (MHC) … derived from 10 Steller sea
lions from Southeast Alaska, … in a subset of six sea lions. Although DRB in genomic DNA …

… enable a more comprehensive understanding of immune phenotypes and how they relate
… sea lion. In this study, we examine immune phenotypes of neonatal Australian sea lion pups …

… , it is possible that our results show some immune functions of the weaning California sea
lion pups are being compromised if their resources are used for other physiological processes. …

… are likely to elicit a response from the immune system, we studied the gene expression in
blood … For gene expression profiling, blood RNA from 73 sea lions was hybridized on a custom …

… down-regulated some cellular processes involved in immune … Steller sea lions and other
at-risk species of marine mammals. … profile of nutritional stress we describe for Steller sea lions …

… used widely to assess the immune system of animals and to … The free-ranging endangered
Australian sea lion (Neophoca … mammalian species including the Australian sea lion. All RT-…

… immune components and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) proliferation were
assessed in Steller sea lion … unlike HS, the immune system of sea lions have a longer postnatal …

… of the immune status in non-traditional sentinel species, like the Steller sea lion (SSL), is a
prominent undertaking in eco-immunology research. Changes to immune homeostasis likely …