Friend virus severity is associated with male mouse social status and environmental temperature

Stark, Derek L; Cauceglia, Joseph W.; Sitzman, Victoria N.; Repetto, Mayra C.; Tadje, Jacob M; Potts, Wayne K.

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.03.009

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“…Social status influences immunity to viruses in that dominant/high‐status mice mount a stronger antiviral immune response as compared to animals with low status (Stark et al. 2022). Social associations (stronger social connections between mice) cause direct or indirect contacts that result in microbe transmission and more similar immune phenotypes (Downie et al.…”

Section: Other Tissue Infections Inflammation and Immunopathologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Investigations of outbred laboratory house mice exposed to natural conditions in outdoor enclosure systems (rewilded mice) indicate that social interactions might exert an influence on host immunity. Social status influences immunity to viruses in that dominant/high-status mice mount a stronger antiviral immune response as compared to animals with low status (Stark et al 2022). Social associations (stronger social connections between mice) cause direct or indirect contacts that result in microbe transmission and more similar immune phenotypes (Downie et al 2023).…”

Section: Other Factors That Might Influence Commensal Rat Immunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Physiological strategies in wild rodents: immune defenses of commensal rats

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TUCOVIC,

KULAS

et al. 2023

Integr. Zool.

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The importance of issues associated with urban/commensal rats and mice (property damage, management costs, and health risks) press upon research on these animals. While the demography of commensal rodents is mostly studied, the need for understanding factors influencing their natural morbidity/mortality is also stressed. In this respect, more attention is expected to be paid to immunity, the physiological mechanism of defense against host survival threats (pathogens, parasites, diseases). Commensal rats and mice carry numerous pathogens that evoke diverse immune responses. The state of immunity in commensal house mice is studied in great detail, owing to the use of laboratory strains in biomedical research. Because commensal rats are, compared to mice, carriers of more zoonotic agents, rats' immunity is studied mainly in that context. Some of these zoonotic agents cause chronic, asymptomatic infections, which justified studies of immunological mechanisms of pathogen tolerance versus clearance regulation in rats. Occurrence of some infections in specific tissues/organs pressed upon analysis of local/regional immune responses and/or immunopathology. A survey of immunological activity/responses in commensal rats is given in this review, with mention of existing data in commensal mice. It should throw some light on the factors relevant to their morbidity and lifespan, supplementing the knowledge of commensal rodent ecology.

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Section: Other Tissue Infections Inflammation and Immunopathologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Other Factors That Might Influence Commensal Rat Immunitymentioning

confidence: 99%