Research Note: Expression of T cell-related cytokines in chicken cecal and spleen tissues following Eimeria tenella infection in vivo

• Published in: Poultry science Vol. 100; no. 7; p. 101161
• Main Authors: Yu, Hailiang, Zou, Wenbin, Mi, Changhao, Wang, Qi, Dai, Guojun, Zhang, Tao, Zhang, Genxi, Xie, Kaizhou, Wang, Jinyu, Shi, Huiqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.07.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: cecum; chicken; E. tenella; IMMUNOLOGY, HEALTH AND DISEASE; spleen; T cell immune; chicken; cecum; E. tenella; spleen; T cell immune

The T cell-mediated immune response plays an important role in coccidiosis. To reveal the host T cell immune response following Eimeria tenella (E. tenella) infection in chickens, we performed quantitative real-time PCR to analyze the dynamic expression of the Th1-related cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2, and...