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Transforming growth factor-beta response to mycobacterial infection in striped bass Morone saxatilis and hybrid tilapia Oreochromis spp.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 15 Oct 2003
Harms Craig A, Howard Kristina E, Wolf Jeffrey C, Smith Stephen A, Kennedy-Stoskopf Suzanne
Abstract excerpt
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) were experimentally infected with Mycobacterium marinum. Splenic mononuclear cell transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) mRNA was measured by reverse transcription quantitative-competitive PCR (RT-qcPCR). In histologic sections of liver and anterior kidney, the area of each section that was occupied by granulomas and the total area of each...
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