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Vitamin D3 alters macrophage phenotype and endosomal trafficking markers in dairy cattle naturally infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2022
Wherry Taylor L T, Dassanayake Rohana P, Bannantine John P, Mooyottu Shankumar, Stabel Judith R
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages are important host defense cells in ruminant paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease; JD), a chronic enteritis caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). Classical macrophage functions of pathogen trafficking, degradation, and antigen presentation are interrupted in mycobacterial infection. Immunologic stimulation by 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3...
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