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Transcriptional immune response in mesenteric lymph nodes in pigs with different levels of resistance to Ascaris suum.
Acta parasitologica - 1 Mar 2017
Skallerup Per, Nejsum Peter, Cirera Susanna, Skovgaard Kerstin, Pipper Christian B, Fredholm Merete, Jørgensen Claus B, Thamsborg Stig M
Abstract excerpt
A single nucleotide polymorphism on chromosome 4 (SNP TXNIP) has been reported to be associated with roundworm (Ascaris suum) burden in pigs. The objective of the present study was to analyse the immune response to A. suum mounted by pigs with genotype AA (n = 24) and AB (n = 23) at the TXNIP locus. The pigs were repeatedly infected with A. suum from eight weeks of age until necropsy eight weeks later. An...
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