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VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
Volume 138, Issue 1-2, Pages 1-14Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.07.006
Keywords
Innate immunity; Spleen; DC; NK cells; gamma delta T cells; Babesia
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- CRIS within USDA-ARS
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Over the past several years, innate immunity has been recognized as having an important role as a front-line defense mechanism and as an integral part of the adaptive immune respose. Innate immunity in cattle exposed to hemoparasites is spleen-dependent and age-related. In this review, we discuss general aspects of innate immunity and the cells involved in this aspect of the response to infection. We also provide examples of specific splenic regulatory and effector mechanisms involved in the respose to Babesia bovis, an important tick-borne hemoparasitic disease of cattle. Evidence for the regulatory and effector role of bovine splenic monocytes and DC both in directing a type-1 response through interaction with splenic NK cells and gamma delta T-cells will be presented. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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