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Interleukin-17A as a Biomarker for Bovine Tuberculosis.
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI - 1 Feb 2016
Waters W Ray, Maggioli Mayara F, Palmer Mitchell V, Thacker Tyler C, McGill Jodi L, Vordermeier H Martin, Berney-Meyer Linda, Jacobs William R, Larsen Michelle H
Abstract excerpt
T helper 17 (Th17)-associated cytokines are integral to the immune responses to tuberculosis, initiating both protective and harmful inflammatory responses. The aim of the present study was to evaluate applied aspects of interleukin-17 (IL-17) biology in the context of Mycobacterium bovis infection of cattle. Using transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq), numerous Th17-associated cytokine genes (including IL-17A,...
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