論文

国際誌
2012年8月15日

Transcriptional profiling of inflammatory cytokine genes in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) infected with Theileria parva.

Veterinary immunology and immunopathology
  • Tomohiro Okagawa
  • Satoru Konnai
  • Hirohisa Mekata
  • Naftaly Githaka
  • Saori Suzuki
  • Edward Kariuki
  • Francis Gakuya
  • Esther Kanduma
  • Tatsuya Shirai
  • Ryoyo Ikebuchi
  • Yoshinori Ikenaka
  • Mayumi Ishizuka
  • Shiro Murata
  • Kazuhiko Ohashi
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開始ページ
373
終了ページ
9
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.06.015

Theileria parva (T. parva) causes East Coast fever (ECF), which is of huge economic importance to Eastern and Southern African countries. In a previous bovine model, inflammatory cytokines were closely associated with disease progression in animals experimentally infected with T. parva. The African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), the natural reservoir for T. parva, is completely resistant to ECF despite a persistently high parasitaemia following infection with T. parva. Characterizing basic immunological interactions in the host is critical to understanding the mechanism underlying disease resistance in the African Cape buffalo. In this study, the expression level of several cytokines was analyzed in T. parva-infected buffaloes. There were no significant differences in the expression profiles of inflammatory cytokines between the infected and uninfected animals despite a remarkably high parasitaemia in the former. However, the expression level of IL-10 was significantly upregulated in the infected animals. These results indicate a correlation between diminished inflammatory cytokines response and disease resistance in the buffalo.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.06.015
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22854202
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112590
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.06.015
  • PubMed ID : 22854202
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7112590

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