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ArticleScientific reports2021

Bovine innate immune phenotyping via a standardized whole blood stimulation assay.

Cian Reid, Charlotte Beynon, Emer Kennedy, Cliona O'Farrelly, Kieran G Meade

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cian ReidAnimal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Co Meath, Ireland.
Charlotte BeynonAnimal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Co Meath, Ireland.
Emer KennedyTeagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Cliona O'FarrellySchool of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Kieran G MeadeSchool of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. kieran.meade@ucd.ie.
Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority · IETrinity College Dublin · IEUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cattle vary in their susceptibility to infection and immunopathology, but our ability to measure and longitudinally profile immune response variation is limited by the lack of standardized immune phenotyping assays for high-throughput analysis. Here we report longitudinal innate immune response profiles in cattle using a low-blood volume, whole blood stimulation system-the ImmunoChek (IChek) assay. By minimizing cell manipulation, our standardized system minimizes the potential for artefactual results and enables repeatable temporal comparative analysis in cattle. IChek successfully captured biological variation in innate cytokine (IL-1β and IL-6) and chemokine (IL-8) responses to 24-hr stimulation with either Gram-negative (LPS), Gram-positive (PamCSK4) bacterial or viral (R848) pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) across a 4-month time window. Significant and repeatable patterns of inter-individual variation in cytokine and chemokine responses, as well as consistent high innate immune responder individuals were identified at both baseline and induced levels. Correlation coefficients between immune response read-outs (IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8) varied according to PAMP. Strong significant positive correlations were observed between circulating monocytes and IL-6 levels for null and induced responses (0.49-0.61) and between neutrophils and cytokine responses to R848 (0.38-0.47). The standardized assay facilitates high-throughput bovine innate immune response profiling to identify phenotypes associated with disease susceptibility and responses to vaccination.

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Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsCattleEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayImidazolesImmunity, InnateImmunologic TestsInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6Interleukin-8LipopolysaccharidesNeutrophilsPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesTime FactorsImidazolesInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6Interleukin-8LipopolysaccharidesPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern Moleculesresiquimod

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PMID34446770
PMCPMC8390753
OpenAlexW3195030713

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