Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae causes porcine pleuropneumonia, a highly contagious
disease for which there is no effective vaccine. This review considers how adhesins, iron …

The early cytokines interferon-α (IFN-α), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1,-6
and-8 (IL-1,-6,-8) are produced during the most early stage of an infection. The activities of …

The expression of interleukin-1 (IL-1), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and IL-6 were
studied over a period of 35 days in the lungs of pigs experimentally infected with …

Objectives: Recent in vivo and in vitro studies in animals have demonstrated that cytokines
of the IL-6 family are involved in cardiac hypertrophy and in protection of cardiomyocytes …

The objectives of the present study were to investigate the toxicity of feed-borne Fusarium
mycotoxins on organ weight, serum biochemistry, and immunological parameters of broiler …

We reported previously that the core oligosaccharide region of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
is essential for optimal adhesion of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, an important swine …

Porcine contagious pleuropneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP)
remains one of the major causes of poor growth performance and respiratory disease in pig …

The expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and apoptosis was studied in lymph nodes
from pigs infected with Classical swine fever virus (CSFV). Pigs were inoculated with CSFV …

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (A. pleuropneumoniae) causes fibrino-hemorrhagic
necrotizing pleuropneumonia in pigs. Production of proinflammatory mediators in the lungs …

The detection and distribution of interleukin-1 (IL-1), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and IL-6
were studied, by in situ hybridization with a non-radioactive digoxigenin-labeled probe, in …