Heat stress decreases expression of the cytokines, avian β-defensins 4 and 6 and Toll-like receptor 2 in broiler chickens infected with Salmonella Enteritidis - Quinteiro-Filho, W.M.; Calefi, A.S.; Cruz, D.S.G.; Aloia, T.P.A.; Zager, A.; Astolfi-Ferreira, C.S.; Piantino Ferreira, J.A.; Sharif, S.; Palermo-Neto, J. (Veterinary immunology and immunopathology, 2017)
Keywords: ambient temperature; animal welfare; Animals; beta-Defensins - biosynthesis; blood serum; bone marrow; Bone Marrow - microbiology; broiler chickens; cecum; Chickens; Corticosterone; Corticosterone - blood; crop (digestive system); Cytokines; Cytokines - biosynthesis; disease resistance; gene expression; Heat stress; Heat-Shock Response; human diseases; immune response; immunoglobulin A; Immunoglobulin A - blood; Immunoglobulin G - blood; interferon-gamma; Interferon-gamma - blood; interleukin-10; interleukin-12; interleukin-1beta; interleukin-6; liver; Liver - microbiology; messenger RNA; microbial colonization; Neuroimmunomodulation; pathogens; Poultry Diseases - immunology; poultry production; Salmonella; Salmonella Enteritidis; Salmonella enteritidis - immunology; Salmonella Infections, Animal - immunology; Salmonella Infections, Animal - microbiology; salmonellosis; spleen; Spleen - immunology; Spleen - microbiology; Toll-like receptor; Toll-like receptor 2; Toll-Like Receptor 2 - biosynthesis; tonsils; transforming growth factor beta; Salmonella; Heat stress; Cytokines; Corticosterone; Neuroimmunomodulation; Toll-like receptor