Up regulation of the maternal immune response in the placenta of cattle naturally infected with Neospora caninum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rosbottom, Anne ^a   Gibney, Helen ^a   Kaiser, Peter ^b,c   Hartley, Catherine ^a   Smith, Robert F ^a   Robinson, Rebecca ^a   Kipar, Anja ^a   Williams, Diana J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COCCIDIOSIS; FETUS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOTHER; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MOTHERS; NEOSPORA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79251640617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015799     Document Type: Article

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