Effects of Selenium and Cadmium on Changes in the Gene Expression of Immune Cytokines in Chicken Splenic Lymphocytes

Cadmium (Cd) is an environmental pollutant that is considered to be a potent toxin to organisms. Selenium (Se) has been known for its concomitant biological effects and characteristics with Cd. Due to the lack of the research regarding how the duality of Cd/Se affects immune cytokines in poultry, this paper aims to partly tackle this question. Chicken splenic lymphocytes with Cd (10−6 mol/L CdCl2), Se (10−7 mol/L Na2SeO3), Cd + Se (10−7 mol/L...