Table 1 Mitogen stimulation in marsupials

Dendrolagus matschiei

Whole blood

PHA, ConA, PWM

[3H]-thymidine

[8]

Didelphis virginiana

Blood leukocytes

PHA, ConA, PWM

[3H]-thymidine

[13]

Macropus eugenii

PBMC, spleen MC and LNMC

PHA

[3H]-thymidine and MTT

[25]

LNMC

PHA, ConA

RNA extraction

[26, 27]

PBMC, LNMC

Zimosan, PHA, LPS, PWM

RNA extraction

[28,29,30,31]

Monodelphis domestica

PBMC

ConA, PHA, PWM

[3H]-thymidine

[32]

Whole blood, spleen, LN, thymus, peritoneal M\(\upphi\), skin

PHA, ConA, PWM, LPS

[3H]-thymidine

[33, 34]

Whole blood

ConA

[3H]-thymidine

[6]

Onychogalea fraenata

Spleen MC

PHA

RNA extraction

[31]

Perameles gunnii

PBMC

ConA, PHA, PWM, LPS

[3H]-thymidine

[35]

Phascolarctos cinereus

Whole blood, PBMC

PHA and ConA, PWM, LL, jacalin, PA and LPS

[3H]-thymidine

[9]

PBMC

Ionomycin, PMA

Flow cytometry

[36]

PBMC

PMA and ionomycin, PMA and PHA, ConA

RNA extraction

[37, 38]

PBMC

PMA and ionomycin, C. pecorum

RNA extraction

[39,40,41]

Sarcophilus harrisii

PBMC

ConA, PHA, PWM, LPS

[3H]-thymidine

[35, 42]

PBMC

Poly(I:C), LPS, flagellin, imiquimod, CpG, profiling

RNA extraction

[43]

Setonix brachyurus

PBMC

PHA

[3H]-thymidine

[44]

Blood leukocytes, spleen, thymus, LN

PHA, ConA, PWM

[3H]-thymidine

[45,46,47]

Trichosurus caninus

PBMC

Ionomycin, PMA

Flow cytometry

[36]

Trichosurus vulpecula

Spleen

PHA

[3H]-thymidine

[3, 4]

PBMC

PHA

[3H]-thymidine

[48]

PBMC, spleen, AM

M. bovis, LPS, LAM

[3H]-thymidine, RNA extraction

[49,50,51]

PBMC

Ionomycin, PMA

Flow cytometry

[36]

PBMC, spleen MC, LNMC

ConA

[3H]-thymidine, RNA extraction

[52]