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ArticleMolecular biology reports2021

Global transcriptomic profiles of circulating leucocytes in early lactation cows with clinical or subclinical mastitis.

Zhangrui Cheng, Laura Buggiotti, Mazdak Salavati, Cinzia Marchitelli, Sergio Palma-Vera, Alistair Wylie, Haruko Takeda, Lijing Tang, Mark A Crowe, D Claire Wathes and 1 more

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Zhangrui ChengRoyal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, UK. zcheng@rvc.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-5735
Laura BuggiottiRoyal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-7800
Mazdak SalavatiRoyal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-2451
Cinzia MarchitelliResearch Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura a l'Analisi dell'Economica Agraria (CREA), Via Salaria, 31, 00015, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5160-0717
Sergio Palma-VeraLeibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1249-4867
Alistair WylieAgri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Upper Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 5PX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7824-6794
Haruko TakedaUnit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8455-6887
Lijing TangUnit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-769X
Mark A CroweSchool of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1999-815X
D Claire WathesRoyal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8206-6091
GplusE consortium
Royal Veterinary College · GBUniversity of Liège · BEAgri Food and Biosciences Institute · GBConsiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria · ITResearch Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) · DEUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

FP7 Ideas: European Research Council 613689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bovine mastitis, an inflammatory disease of the mammary gland, is classified as subclinical or clinical. Circulating neutrophils are recruited to the udder to combat infection. We compared the transcriptomic profiles in circulating leukocytes between healthy cows and those with naturally occurring subclinical or clinical mastitis. Holstein Friesian dairy cows from six farms in EU countries were recruited. Based on milk somatic cell count and clinical records, cows were classified as healthy (n = 147), subclinically (n = 45) or clinically mastitic (n = 22). Circulating leukocyte RNA was sequenced with Illumina NextSeq single end reads (30 M). Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the groups were identified using CLC Genomics Workbench V21, followed by GO enrichment analysis. Both subclinical and clinical mastitis caused significant changes in the leukocyte transcriptome, with more intensive changes attributed to clinical mastitis. We detected 769 DEGs between clinical and healthy groups, 258 DEGs between subclinical and healthy groups and 193 DEGs between clinical and subclinical groups. Most DEGs were associated with cell killing and immune processes. Many upregulated DEGs in clinical mastitis encoded antimicrobial peptides (AZU1, BCL3, CAMP, CATHL1, CATHL2, CATHL4,CATHL5, CATHL6, CCL1, CXCL2, CXCL13, DEFB1, DEFB10, DEFB4A, DEFB7, LCN2, PGLYRP1, PRTN3, PTX3, S100A8, S100A9, S100A12, SLC11A1, TF and LTF) which were not upregulated in subclinical mastitis. The use of transcriptomic profiles has identified a much greater up-regulation of genes encoding antimicrobial peptides in circulating leukocytes of cows with naturally occurring clinical compared with subclinical mastitis. These could play a key role in combatting disease organisms.

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AnimalsAntimicrobial PeptidesCattleCell CountFemaleGene Expression RegulationLactationMastitis, BovineMilkTranscriptomeAntimicrobial PeptidesBovine mastitisInflammationNext generation sequenceTranscriptome

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