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Prototheca zopfii genotype II induces mitochondrial apoptosis in models of bovine mastitis.
Scientific reports - 20 Jan 2020
Shahid Muhammad, Cobo Eduardo R, Chen Liben, Cavalcante Paloma A, Barkema Herman W, Gao Jian, Xu Siyu, Liu Yang, Knight Cameron G, Kastelic John P, Han Bo
Abstract excerpt
Prototheca zopfii is an alga increasingly isolated from bovine mastitis. Of the two genotypes of P. zopfii (genotype I and II (GT-I and -II)), P. zopfii GT-II is the genotype associated with acute mastitis and decreased milk production, although its pathogenesis is not well known. The objective was to determine inflammatory and apoptotic roles of P. zopfii GT-II in cultured mammary epithelial cells (from cattle...
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