Infection of livestock with African trypanosomes leads to haematological changes such as anaemia and pancytopenia and to immune defects, including suppression of T-cell responsiveness and an excessive increase in the CD5+ B-cell population in blood and spleen. It has been shown that certain breed...
Mertens, B.
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Gaidulis, L.
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Mwangi, S.
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Suliman, H.
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Taylor, K.A.
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[Development of bovine-specific cytokine reagents at ILRAD]
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Development of bovine-specific cytokine reagents at ILRAD
ILRAD outlined two different areas of research concern to the trypanosomiasis program. One goal was to identify trypanosomal antigens responsible for the immunopathogenesis of the disease by determining how the infection of cattle with trypanosomes affects their immune system. A second goal was...
This paper determines whether tumour necrosis factor (TNF alpha) (a cytokine that is predominantly secreted by cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage) production is induced during bovine trypanosomiasis and wheather or not production is correlated with disease. TNF alpha titres in plasma from B...
Sileghem, M.R.
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Gaidulis, L.
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[Production of tumour necrosis factor alpha during bovine trypanosomiasis: possible correlation with severity of anaemia associated with the disease]
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Production of tumour necrosis factor alpha during bovine trypanosomiasis: possible correlation with severity of anaemia associated with the disease