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SUBMITTER: Hohnstein FS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7168595 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hohnstein Florian S FS Meurer Marita M de Buhr Nicole N von Köckritz-Blickwede Maren M Baums Christoph G CG Alber Gottfried G Schütze Nicole N
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 20200103 1
Weaning piglets are susceptible to the invasive <i>Streptococcus (S.) suis</i> infection, which can result in septicemia. The aim of this study was to investigate the cytokine profile induced upon <i>S. suis</i> infection of blood, to determine the cellular sources of those cytokines, and to study the potential effects of the induced cytokines on bacterial killing. We measured TNF-α, IL-6, IFN-γ, IL-17A and IL-10 after an experimental intravenous infection with <i>S. suis</i> serotype 2 in vivo, ...[more]