Intestinal expression of pro-infiammatory cytokines induced by oral intake of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from E. coli in weaned pigs

Background: treatments with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from E. coli are an accepted way of inducing inflammation in immunological studies since they have the ability to activate a coordinate series of signs through the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 8 (IL-8), IL-18 and tum...

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Main Authors: Jaime Parra S, Jorge Agudelo T, David Sanín P, Jorge Forero D, Carlos Muskus L, Albeiro López Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-06902013000200006&lng=en&tlng=en