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ArticleBMC genomics2016

Potential immunosuppressive effects of Escherichia coli O157:H7 experimental infection on the bovine host.

E Kieckens, J Rybarczyk, R W Li, D Vanrompay, E Cox

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Article in BMC genomics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

E KieckensLaboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium. evelien.kieckens@ugent.be.ORCID 0000-0002-9094-9126
J RybarczykLaboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
R W LiUSDA-ARS, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA.
D VanrompayLaboratory of Immunology and Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
E CoxLaboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Ghent University · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEnterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), like E. coli O157:H7 are frequently detected in bovine faecal samples at slaughter. Cattle do not show clinical symptoms upon infection, but for humans the consequences after consuming contaminated beef can be severe. The immune response against EHEC in cattle cannot always clear the infection as persistent colonization and shedding in infected animals over a period of months often occurs. In previous infection trials, we observed a primary immune response after infection which was unable to protect cattle from re-infection. These results may reflect a suppression of certain immune pathways, making cattle more prone to persistent colonization after re-infection. To test this, RNA-Seq was used for transcriptome analysis of recto-anal junction tissue and ileal Peyer's patches in nine Holstein-Friesian calves in response to a primary and secondary Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection with the Shiga toxin (Stx) negative NCTC12900 strain. Non-infected calves served as controls.

resultsIn tissue of the recto-anal junction, only 15 genes were found to be significantly affected by a first infection compared to 1159 genes in the ileal Peyer's patches. Whereas, re-infection significantly changed the expression of 10 and 17 genes in the recto-anal junction tissue and the Peyer's patches, respectively. A significant downregulation of 69 immunostimulatory genes and a significant upregulation of seven immune suppressing genes was observed.

conclusionsAlthough the recto-anal junction is a major site of colonization, this area does not seem to be modulated upon infection to the same extent as ileal Peyer's patches as the changes in gene expression were remarkably higher in the ileal Peyer's patches than in the recto-anal junction during a primary but not a secondary infection. We can conclude that the main effect on the transcriptome was immunosuppression by E. coli O157:H7 (Stx

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Immunosuppression TherapyAnimalsCattleCattle DiseasesComputational BiologyEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli O157Gene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksHost-Pathogen InteractionsImmunity, InnateIntestinal MucosaPeyer's PatchesTranscriptomeCattleEscherichia coli O157:H7ImmunosuppressionRNA-Seq

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