Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine that regulates the immune response, acute-
phase reaction, and hematopoiesis. As a first step in studying the actions of IL-6 in pigs, the …

Abstract Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a multifocal cytokine produced by lymphoid and non-lymphoid
cells, regulates immune responses, acute-phase reactions against bacterial infections, and …

Inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1 α, IL-1 β, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor α
(TNF-α) are produced by macrophages in response to a variety of pathogenic stimuli. We …

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pluripotent cytokine that may play a role in pulmonary defense
against bacterial pathogens. We have quantitated the response of bovine alveolar …

Interleukin (IL)-8 is a macrophage-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor that plays an
important role in the recruitment of neutrophils to inflammatory loci. Hence, expression of IL …

Interferon-α (IFN-α) at low concentrations had been previously shown to control the
expression of inflammatory cytokine genes in swine pulmonary alveolar macrophages. In …

Few studies have addressed the biological and molecular nature of bovine interleukin 1 (IL-
1). In an effort to increase our understanding of the role of bovine IL-1 in bovine immunology …

By hybridization with a human interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) cDNA fragment a corresponding ruminant
(ovine) cDNA was isolated from a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‐stimulated alveolar …

Caprine interleukin-4 (IL-4) cDNA was cloned from RNA of mitogen stimulated goat
peripheral blood mononuclear cells utilizing reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain …

The swine interleukin-4 (SwIL-4) cDNA was cloned by RT-PCR. It was expressed using an
expression vector pQE30 in E. coli, a baculovirus AcNPV vector pVL1392 in insect cells, and …