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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

Cytokine interactions and chemokine dysregulations in mastitis immunopathogenesis: insights from transcriptomic profiling of milk somatic cells in tropical Sahiwal (

Lija Satheesan, Ajay Kumar Dang, Rani Alex

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Long non-coding RNAs link DNA methylation to immune regulatory networks in bovine subclinical mastitis.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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Lija SatheesanLactation and Immuno-Physiology Laboratory, Animal Physiology Division, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
Ajay Kumar DangLactation and Immuno-Physiology Laboratory, Animal Physiology Division, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
Rani AlexDivision of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.

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Abstract

Introduction: Bovine mastitis causes a significant loss to the dairy industry by affecting the quantity and quality of milk. Addressing this challenge, the present study will leverage advanced omics techniques for early mastitis detection in early lactating Sahiwal cows ( Methods: Cows were grouped into healthy (H), subclinical mastitis (SCM) and clinical mastitis (CM) groups by thoroughly screening them using the California Mastitis Test (CMT) and milk somatic cell counts (SCC). This was followed by detailed milk composition analysis, differential leukocyte counts (DLC), and microbiological culture. Results: The differential gene expression of milk SCs through transcriptome profiling identified 83 and 76, up-regulated and 157 and 192 down-regulated genes in CM vs H and SCM vs H groups (log2 fold change ≥1 and ≤-1, p < 0.05) respectively. Pathway analysis revealed that upregulated genes were enriched in pathways such as phagosome activity, IL-17 signalling, Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation, while downregulated genes were linked to RIG-I-like receptor signalling, NK cell cytotoxicity, and Toll-like receptor signalling and Cytokine-cytokine receptor interactions. Notably, the study underscores the roles of chemokines CCL8, CCL2, and CXCL10 in immune cell recruitment during mastitis, where their downregulation suggests impaired mammary immune defense that governs Chemokine signalling pathways. Further, the comparative analysis with the previously available milk SCs proteome data identified the downregulation of chemokines signalling pathways during mastitis. Discussion: Overall, this research enhances our understanding of mastitis pathogenesis and emphasizes that these targeted chemokines may boost mammary resilience through immunomodulation, genetic selection and genome editing or by utilising adjuvants in vaccine development that restore chemokine signalling offers a potential strategy to improve mastitis resistance in dairy cattle.

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ChemokinesCytokinesMastitis, BovineMilkTranscriptomeAnimalsCattleFemaleGene Expression ProfilingChemokinesCytokinesbovine mastitischemokine markerscytokine interactionsdifferential expressed genesmRNA sequencingtranscriptomics

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PMID40196120
PMCPMC11973270

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