Xiao-Di Chen, Jing Xie, Yong Wei, Ji-Feng Yu, Ye Cao, Lu Xiao, Xue-Jing Wu, Cong-Jian Mao, Run-Min Kang, Yong-Gang Ye
INTRODUCTION: Despite long-term integrated control programs for Eimeria stiedai infection in China, hepatic coccidiosis in rabbits persists. Th1, Th2, Th17, Treg, Th9, and Th21 cells are involved in immune responses during pathogen infection. It is unclear whether Th cell subsets are also involved in E. stiedai infection. Their roles in the immunopathology of this infection remain unknown. Therefore, monitoring these T-cell subsets' immune responses during primary infection of E. stiedai at both transcriptional (mRNA) and protein (cytokines) levels is essential...
2023: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology