We isolated the full-length chicken IL-10 (chIL-10) cDNA from an expressed sequence tag
library derived from RNA from cecal tonsils of Eimeria tenella-infected chickens. It encodes a …

Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a proinflammatory cytokine produced by activated T cells. A 917-bp
cDNA encoding the IL-17 gene was isolated from our EST cDNA library prepared from …

In mammals, the inducible cytokine interleukin 10 is a feedback negative regulator of
inflammation. To determine the extent to which this function is conserved in birds …

By a combination of large-scale sequencing, bioinformatics, and traditional molecular
biology, we identified the long-searched-for cDNA sequences encoding the homologues of …

DNA sequence analysis of a chicken interleukin (IL)-15 cDNA identified a 187 amino acid
open reading frame encoding a protein with a predicted molecular weight of 21,964 Da, two …

The molecular and cellular mechanisms leading to immune protection against coccidiosis
are complex and include multiple aspects of innate and adaptive immunities. Innate …

Abstract Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a pleiotropic cytokine with important immunoregulatory
functions whose actions influence activities of many of the cell-types in the immune system …

A variety of methods are available to combat avian diseases in the commercial setting,
including improved farm management practices, use of antibiotic drugs, selection of disease …

Newly hatched chickens are highly susceptible to infection by opportunistic pathogens
during the first 1 or 2 weeks of life. The use of cytokines as therapeutic agents has been …

Coccidiosis, a major intestinal parasitic disease of poultry, induces a cell-mediated immune
response against the etiologic agent of the disease, Eimeria. In the current study, the …