[HTML][HTML] Characterization of chicken tumor necrosis factor-α, a long missed cytokine in birds

F Rohde, B Schusser, T Hron, H Farkašová… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a pleiotropic cytokine playing critical roles in host defense
and acute and chronic inflammation. It has been described in fish, amphibians, and …

An Mhc Component to Kin Recognition and Mate Choice in Birds: Predictions, Progress, and Prospects

B Zelano, SV Edwards - the american naturalist, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
The major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) has been identified as a locus influencing
disease resistance, mate choice, and kin recognition in mammals and fish. However, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Gene duplication and fragmentation in the zebra finch major histocompatibility complex

CN Balakrishnan, R Ekblom, M Völker, H Westerdahl… - BMC biology, 2010 - Springer
Background Due to its high polymorphism and importance for disease resistance, the major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) has been an important focus of many vertebrate genome …

Fourth report on chicken genes and chromosomes 2022

J Smith, JM Alfieri, N Anthony, P Arensburger… - … and genome research, 2023 - karger.com
The chicken continues to hold its position as a leading model organism within many areas of
research, as well as being a major source of protein for human consumption. The First …

The immune system of invertebrates and vertebrates

L Du Pasquier - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B …, 2001 - Elsevier
All metazoans protect themselves from invasion of microorganisms, parasites, viruses and
even cells from individuals of the same species. In all phyla, precise mechanisms of …

Molecular genotype identification of the Gallus gallus major histocompatibility complex

JE Fulton, HR Juul-Madsen, CM Ashwell… - Immunogenetics, 2006 - Springer
The chicken major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is commonly defined by serologic
reactions of erythrocytes with antibodies specific to the highly polymorphic MHC class I (BF) …

Evolution of the B7 family: co-evolution of B7H6 and NKp30, identification of a new B7 family member, B7H7, and of B7's historical relationship with the MHC

MF Flajnik, T Tlapakova, MF Criscitiello, V Krylov… - Immunogenetics, 2012 - Springer
The B7 family of genes is essential in the regulation of the adaptive immune system. Most B7
family members contain both variable (V)-and constant (C)-type domains of the …

The major histocompatibility class I locus in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): polymorphism, linkage analysis and protein modelling

U Grimholt, F Drabløs, S Jørgensen, B Høyheim… - Immunogenetics, 2002 - Springer
A cDNA library screening using the conserved exon 4 of Atlantic salmon Mhc class I as
probe provided the basis for a study on Mhc class I polymorphism in a breeding population …

2004 Nomenclature for the chicken major histocompatibility (B and Y ) complex

MM Miller, LD Bacon, K Hala, HD Hunt, SJ Ewald… - Immunogenetics, 2004 - Springer
The first standard nomenclature for the chicken (Gallus gallus) major histocompatibility (B)
complex published in 1982 describing chicken major histocompatibility complex (MHC) …

The cluster of BTN genes in the extended major histocompatibility complex

DA Rhodes, M Stammers, G Malcherek, S Beck… - Genomics, 2001 - Elsevier
We sequenced the 170-kb cluster of BTN genes in the extended major histocompatibility
complex region, 4 Mb telomeric of human leukocyte antigen class I genes, at 6p22. 1. The …