Immunological consequences of the reversal of social status in C57BL/6J mice.

The present study has shown that the immune response can be influenced by the reversal of animal's social status. For this purpose testing of agonistic interactions under the sensory contact conditions was performed for pairs of either aggressive or submissive C57BL/6J male mice with preliminary experience of 10 or 20 daily confrontations. Tests continued for 10 or 20 days, respectively.