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The Differential Expression of Immune Genes between Water Buffalo and Yellow Cattle Determines Species-Specific Susceptibility to Schistosoma japonicum Infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Yang Jianmei, Fu Zhiqiang, Hong Yang, Wu Haiwei, Jin Yamei, Zhu Chuangang, Li Hao, Lu Ke, Shi Yaojun, Yuan Chunxiu, Cheng Guofeng, Feng Xingang, Liu Jinming, Lin Jiaojiao
Abstract excerpt
Water buffalo are less susceptible to Schistosoma japonicum infection than yellow cattle. The factors that affect such differences in susceptibility remain unknown. A Bos taurus genome-wide gene chip was used to analyze gene expression profiles in the peripheral blood of water buffalo and yellow cattle pre- and post-infection with S. japonicum. This study showed that most of the identified differentially...
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