Cytokine gene expression at the materno-foetal interface after experimental Neospora caninum infection of heifers at 110 days of gestation

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 517-523

  Almeria, Sonia ^a,b   Araujo, R N ^c   Darwich, L ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^d   Gasbarre, L C ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Neospora caninum; Placenta; Pregnant cattle; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEIFER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEOSPORA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 80051609920     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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