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Identification of CD14 transcript in blood polymorphonuclear neutrophil leukocytes and functional variation in Holsteins.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 28 Apr 2016
Huang J M, Wang X G, Jiang Q, Sun Y, Yang C H, Ju Z H, Hao H S, Wang C F, Zhong J F, Zhu H B
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) leukocytes are primary phagocytic cells of the bovine mammary gland and a first line of defense against invading pathogens during bovine mastitis infection. Cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14) is mainly expressed in macrophages and neutrophils and acts as a co-receptor that binds bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and recruits PMNs to CD14-LPS complexes in mammary epithelial...
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