Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae causes porcine pleuropneumonia, a disease that occurs
world-wide and affects growing pigs of all ages. Infection of pigs with A. pleuropneumoniae …

The biomolecule deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) plays an essential role in the development,
function, and reproduction of living organisms. Furthermore, DNA is a natural polymer with …

Definitive erythropoiesis takes place within the bone marrow in erythroblastic islands, where
the central macrophage plays a role in the expansion and terminal differentiation of …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Pigs. Four-to six-week-old (8 to 10 kg) male pigs were
obtained from a pleuropneumonia-negative commercial herd. Animals were anesthetized …

Je souhaite remercier mes directeurs et co-directeurs de thèse, Jean-Pol Frippiat, Christine
Legrand-Frossi et Viviane Verlhac Trichet, pour m'avoir accompagnée et guidée durant cette …

Chemokines are chemotactic cytokines that have the ability to attract leukocytes and guide
them via a concentration gradient to sites of injury/infection. These small, basic proteins are …

Bovine pneumonic mannheimiosis (BPM), an acute fibrinonecrotic pleuropneumonia
caused by Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica, remains a leading source of economic …

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multi-functional cytokine that has anti-inflammatory activities due in
part to its role in induction of acute-phase proteins and activation of the hypothalamic …

Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), which includes Peyer's patches and mesenteric
lymph nodes, is critical to the discrimination of pathogens from food antigens in the digestive …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Antibodies and reagents. Monospecific polyclonal antibodies
against recombinant bovine TNF-produced in rabbit (anti-bovine TNF-) and preimmune …