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Association of Ovar-DRB1 alleles with innate immune responses in sheep.
Veterinary medicine and science - 1 Mar 2022
Esmailnejad Atefeh, Ganjiani Vahid, Hosseini-Nasab Elhamsadat, Nazifi Saeed
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BACKGROUND: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is the best characterised genetic region associated with adaptive immune responses, including humoral and cell-mediated immunities. OBJECTIVES: In this study, the association of MHC class II alleles with inflammatory cytokines and acute-phase proteins was evaluated in sheep population. METHODS: Allelic diversity of second exon of ovine DRB1 locus (Ovar-DRB1.2)...
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