Milk somatic cells (SCs) are a mixture of milk-producing cells and immune cells. These cells
are secreted in milk during the normal course of milking and are used as an index for …

Cathelicidins are a primitive class of host defense peptides and are known for their broad–
spectrum antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, and enveloped viruses. These small …

The reliability of reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) depends on
normalising the mRNA abundance using carefully selected, stable reference genes. Our aim …

Milk is produced in the udder by mammary epithelial cells (MEC). Milk contains MEC, which
are gradually exfoliated from the epithelium during lactation. Isolation of MEC from milk …

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the stability of candidate reference genes
and select the genes that can be used for normalizing real-time polymerase chain reaction …

BACKGROUND Genetic variants of β‐casein are cosnidered to affect the components of
milk. However, limited data are available on the bovine protein components correlated with …

There is increasing interest in the role of oxygen conditions in the microenvironment of
organs because of the discovery of a hypoxia-specific transcription factor, namely hypoxia …

β-lactoglobulin is one of the most abundant milk whey proteins in many mammal species,
including the domestic horse. The aim of this study was to screen for polymorphism in the …

Apart from the well-known role of somatic cell count as a parameter reflecting the
inflammatory status of the mammary gland, the composition of cells isolated from milk is …

Heat stress (HS) induced by high environmental temperature is a main factor causing
mastitis and reduced milk production in dairy cows. Procyanidin B2 (PB2) is a phenolic …