Functional adaptations of the transcriptome to mastitis-causing pathogens: The mammary gland and beyond

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 305-322

  Loor, Juan J ^a   Kasey M Moyes, ^b   Massimo Bionaz, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Liver; Ruminant; Systems biology; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTOFERRIN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BREAST CELL; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL ISOLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; INVOLUTION; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MACROPHAGE; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MILK YIELD; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UBIQUITINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MASTITIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84855659425     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: 15737039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10911-011-9232-2     Document Type: Article

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