PR-39, a porcine host defence peptide, is prominent in mucosa and lymphatic tissue of the respiratory tract in healthy pigs and pigs infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Autor:in

Hennig-Pauka, Isabel; Koch, Rüdiger; Hoeltig, Doris; Gerlach, Gerald-F; Waldmann, Karl-Heinz; Blecha, Frank; Brauer, Carsten; Gasse, Hagen;

Schlagwörter

Actinobacillus Infections/immunology*; Actinobacillus Infections/microbiology; Actinobacillus Infections/pathology; Actinobacillus Infections/veterinary*; Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae/immunology; Acute Disease; Animals; Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology; Antigen-Presenting Cells/pathology; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides/biosynthesis; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides/immunology*; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/chemistry; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/cytology; Chronic Disease; Female; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Immunity, Innate; Immunohistochemistry; Lung/immunology; Lung/pathology; Lymph Nodes/immunology*; Lymph Nodes/pathology; Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology; Macrophages, Alveolar/pathology; Male; Neutrophils/immunology; Neutrophils/pathology; Respiratory Mucosa/immunology*; Respiratory Mucosa/pathology; Swine; Swine Diseases/immunology*; Swine Diseases/microbiology; Swine Diseases/pathology; Trachea/immunology; Trachea/pathology;

ISSN/eISSN

1756-0500 -

PubMed ID

23016650