A test of the effects of androgens on immunity: no relationship between 11-ketotestosterone and immune performance in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).

John W Loggie,Shawn R Garner,Charlyn G Partridge,Brian Dixon,Rosemary Knapp,Bryan D Neff

General and Comparative Endocrinology（2018）

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Abstract

•Testosterone is known to have immunosuppressive effects.•The effects of other androgens on immunity are poorly resolved.•11-Ketostosterone concentrations were unrelated to measures of immunity in a fish.•Immune stimulation did not affect 11-ketotestosterone concentrations in a fish.•The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis might not apply to fishes.

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Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis,Androgens,Immunity,Testosterone,11-Ketotestosterone,Bluegill

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