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Morris KR Bruce MP Janardhana V Thomas JD Bean AG Strom DG 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2008,126(3-4):373-376
The control of viral infections is of critical importance to livestock industries worldwide and is highlighted by costly infection outbreaks, such as that seen with foot and mouth disease virus. To ameliorate the impact of increasing problems with viral infections, new vaccine and anti-viral strategies are required and a greater understanding of the anti-viral response is essential. Furthermore, in pigs, evidence is still being gathered on the components of a defined anti-viral immune response. However, this has been greatly improved by the recent cloning and expression of critical cytokines involved in the anti-viral response. To assess the use of recombinant porcine interleukin-12 (rPoIL-12) as an immunotherapeutic and immunomodulator of swine, we have cloned and expressed rPoIL-12 as a single-chain fusion protein from Esherichia coli (E. coli). The fusion encodes the p40 and p35 subunits, linked by a glycine-serine linker and expressed as a C-terminal 6xHis tagged protein. rPoIL-12 stimulated the proliferation of human lymphoblasts and its activity on porcine cells was demonstrated by the ability of rPoIL-12 to increase the mRNA expression of porcine interleukin-18 receptor-alpha (poIL-18Ralpha) from porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PoPMBCs). This data supports the inclusion of E. coli produced rPoIL-12 in immunomodulation strategies in the pig. 相似文献
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根据GenBank中所收录的鸡白细胞介素15(ChIL 15)的cDNA序列设计特异性引物,以经ConA刺激3 h的科宝鸡脾脏淋巴细胞的总RNA 为模板,用RT PCR 方法克隆获得了ChIL 15的cDNA。ChIL 15的cD NA全长655 bp,其中第84 位~644 位是该基因的阅读框(ORF),共编码187 个氨基酸。将所克隆的序列与已报道序列相比较,二者核苷酸的同源性为100%(655/655),所编码蛋白质的氨基酸序列同源性也为100%。 相似文献
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Langelaar MF Weber CN Overdijk MB Müller KE Koets AP Rutten VP 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2005,107(1-2):153-161
Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (M.a.p.) resides and replicates in macrophages. Many of the of immune mechanisms aiding M.a.p. survival in the host's cells are known. However, little is known about interactions of M.a.p. with dendritic cells (DC). As DC are important for the induction of protective immunity against infectious diseases, we investigated the interaction of M.a.p. with these cells. Quantitative real-time PCR (RT-PCR) was used to analyse differential expression of cytokine genes after 6 h and 24 h of incubation by immature DC that phagocytosed either M.a.p. or Escherichia coli (E. coli). We hypothesized that phagocytosis of E. coli would induce pro-inflammatory cytokines due to abundant presence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and that the cytokine expression profile induced by phagocytosis of live M.a.p. would differ. In addition we hypothesized that incubation of immature DC with rHsp70, an immunodominant antigen of M.a.p., would induce a similar profile of cytokine gene expression as phagocytosis of intact M.a.p. However, phagocytosis of both E. coli and M.a.p. resulted in a cytokine gene expression pattern representative of a (pro-)inflammatory reaction, dominated by strong induction of IL-12 gene expression, that was higher after 24 h than after 6 h of incubation, although the response to M.a.p. was less vigorous than to E. coli. Incubation with rHsp70 resulted in a more inhibitory type of cytokine gene expression, with delayed IL-12 gene expression and downregulation of the genes for IL-1beta and IL-6 after 24 h of incubation. We conclude that bovine DC produce an immuno-stimulatory, anti-mycobacterial response to infection with M.a.p., while Hsp70 potentially contributes to pathogen virulence by allowing the bacteria to invade the host cell. 相似文献
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The expression of inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-12, granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and interferon (IFN)-gamma, by milk somatic cells was characterized by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in dairy cows experimentally challenged with either E. coli (n = 8) or S. aureus (n = 8). The mRNA abundance of a target gene was calibrated with that of a reference gene (beta-actin) and expressed as fold of induction over the control quarter at each time point. At no single time point did all eight quarters challenged with the same type of bacteria demonstrated increased expression of a target gene and there was large variation among animals at each given time. As a consequence, most tested comparisons were not statistically significant except the peak time points of IL-8 expression (75- and 29- fold in glands challenged with E. coli and S. aureus, respectively). However, the average fold induction of all targeted cytokines was increased in response to both bacterial challenges with the exception of IFN-gamma. The expression of IFN-gamma was only increased in milk somatic cells isolated from E. coli, but not S. aureus, challenged mammary glands. Moreover, upregulated expression of cytokine genes had higher magnitudes and/or faster responses in glands challenged with E. coli in comparison with those challenged with S. aureus. We propose that the compromised upregulation of inflammatory cytokines in S. aureus infected glands may, at least partially, contribute to the chronic course of infection caused by this pathogen. Further research on identifying factors responsible for the differentially expressed cytokine profiles may be fundamental to developing strategies that mitigate the outcome of bovine mastitis. 相似文献
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Production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies specific for chicken interleukin-2. 总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8
Using genetic immunisation of mice, we produced antibodies against chicken interleukin-2 (ChIL-2), the first produced against a non-mammalian interleukin. After a final injection with a recombinant ChIL-2 protein, two stable hybridoma cell lines were established which secreted monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against this cytokine. Specific binding of the two MAbs to recombinant ChIL-2 produced by Escherichia coli and COS-7 cells was demonstrated in an indirect ELISA, Western blotting and dot blots. Both of them were able to neutralise the biological activity of the ChIL-2, but neither allowed the detection of ChIL-2 by flow cytometry. 相似文献
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Tomoya Kono Hiroaki Takayama Ryusuke Nagamine Hiroki Korenaga Masahiro Sakai 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2013,151(1-2):90-101
To monitor the expression of cytokine genes in Japanese pufferfish, a novel platform for quantitative multiplexed analysis was developed. This custom-designed multiplex RT-PCR assay was used to analyze the expression profiles of 19 cytokine genes, including pro-inflammatory (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-17A/F3, IL-18, TNF-α, TNF-N), anti-inflammatory (IL-4/13A, IL-4/13B, IL-10), T-cell proliferation/differentiation (IL-2, IL-15, IL-21, TGF-β1), B-cell activation/differentiation (IL-7, IL-6, IL-4/13A, IL-4/13B), NK cell stimulation (IL-12p35 and IL-12p40), induction of anti-viral activity (I-IFN-1 and IFN-γ), and monocyte/macrophage progenitor cell proliferation (M-CSF1b) cytokines in head kidney cells under immune stimulatory conditions. The expression profiles were dissimilar in the unstimulated control and immune-stimulated cells. Moreover, increased expression profile was observed due to different stimulations for IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12p35, IL-12p40, IL-21, TNF-α, TNF-N, I-IFN-1 and IFN-γ genes. These results suggest that cytokine genes could be used as biomarkers to know the immune status of fish. The constructed multiplex RT-PCR assay will enhance understanding on immune regulation by cytokines in fish. 相似文献
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鸡白细胞介素18成熟蛋白全长基因的克隆与序列测定 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
根据已发表的鸡白细胞介素 18(IL- 18)成熟蛋白的 c DNA序列 ,设计 1对特异性引物 ,应用 RT- PCR从脂多糖(L PS)刺激 10 h活化的 MDCC- MSB1细胞中克隆到编码鸡 IL - 18成熟活性蛋白的完整基因片段 ,其大小为 5 10 bp。经序列测定证实 ,所获得的 c DNA基因序列与文献报道的结果完全一致 ,从而为进一步研究鸡 IL- 18的基因表达、生物学活性以及应用奠定了基础。 相似文献
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Classical swine fever virus induces activation of plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cells in tonsil, blood, and spleen of infected pigs 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) compromises the host immune system, causing indirect leucopoenia and disruption of in vitro T cell stimulation capacity. In order to explore the potential role of dendritic cells (DC) in such phenomena, the activation of conventional DC (cDC) and plasmacytoid DC (pDC) in blood and secondary lymphoid organs of infected pigs was investigated in the early time course post-inoculation (pi), together with viral components dissemination and cytokine production in serum. Whereas CD11R1+CD172a+ cDC frequencies were markedly reduced in blood and spleen, analysis of CD4+CD172a+ pDC numbers revealed a rapid turn-over of this DC subset in tissues pi. Both subsets matured and were activated after infection, as demonstrated by down-regulation of CD1a, up-regulation of the co-stimulation molecule CD80/86 and expression of cytokines. cDC essentially expressed tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin (IL)-10, whereas pDC produced alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) and IL-12. IFN-alpha and TNF-alpha productions revealed an enhancement of innate anti-viral immune responses. Detection of antigen activated B lymphocytes in tonsil T-cell areas at 72 h pi, subsequently to the transient translocation of the viral E2 protein within germinal centres at 48 h pi, indicates the initiation of humoral response. This response was also evidenced by an important IL-10 production in serum one week pi. IL-12 expression in organs, as well as transient detection of IL-18 and IFN-gamma in serum, reflected the initiation of cellular immune responses. However, the uncommonly high levels of TNF-alpha and IFN-alpha produced by DC and measured in serum early post-infection, together with IL-10 expression in spleen, could play a role in the disruption of immune system cells, either inducing apoptosis or impairing DC functionalities themselves. 相似文献
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McClenahan D Krueger R Lee HY Thomas C Kehrli ME Czuprynski C 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》2006,29(2-3):127-137
Epithelial and endothelial cells play a pivotal role in initiating and controlling the movement of leukocytes into tissues during inflammation through the production of cytokines and chemokines such as interleukin-8 (IL-8). In situ hybridization with an IL-8 riboprobe was used to determine IL-8 mRNA expression by mammary gland epithelial and endothelial cells in cows with experimental Escherichia coli mastitis. Epithelial cells of the gland, especially surrounding the alveoli, had increased IL-8 mRNA levels at all time points at which tissue samples were collected (8, 12, and 24h) after E. coli challenge. Levels of IL-8 expression in the epithelial cells decreased at 24h post-infection. IL-8 expression by mammary gland endothelial cells was low, but did increase slightly at 24h post-infection. Both epithelial and endothelial cells of the mammary gland can contribute to the production of IL-8 that is typically seen in coliform mastitis. 相似文献
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Beckman MJ Sotos J Leite F Schuler LA Czuprynski CJ 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2000,77(3-4):221-232
The proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1, plays a prominent role in the inflammatory reactions that characterize numerous diseases. In this study, we examined the gene expression for bovine IL-1 ligands and receptors by bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNCs) and neutrophils (PMNs) in response to E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in vitro. Gene expression of mRNA for IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), type 1 IL-1 receptor, type 2 IL-1 receptor, and IL-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE), were measured by a semi-quantitative RT-PCR technique. LPS had little effect on type 1 IL-1R expression in MNC, whereas, it strongly up-regulated type 1 IL-1R expression in PMNs. Co-incubation of PMNs with LPS and bovine recombinant IL-1beta had little additional effect on type 1 IL-1R expression. Incubation of MNCs with LPS resulted in up-regulation of IL-1beta, IL-1ra, and type 2 IL-1R, no change in IL-1alpha, and a decrease in ICE gene expression. Incubation of PMNs with LPS up-regulated IL-1beta gene expression, whereas, IL-1alpha, IL-1ra, type 2 IL-1R and ICE were unchanged. This study provides evidence for differential regulation of gene products of the bovine IL-1 family by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC) and neutrophils (PMNs) in response to E. coli LPS. 相似文献
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Escherichia coli inoculation of porcine mammary glands affects local mRNA expression of Toll-like receptors and regulatory cytokines 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The expression of mRNAs for the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) TLR2 and TLR4, pro- and anti inflammatory cytokines and their receptors was evaluated in mammary gland biopsy material collected from sows intramammarily inoculated with Escherichia coli strain O127 at parturition. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis showed increased mRNA levels for TLR2, the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin IL-1beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha TNF-alpha, and the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in the inoculated mammary glands 24h after inoculation. Increased mRNA levels of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 were only observed in the inoculated mammary glands of sows that developed clinical signs of mastitis. In contrast, the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine, transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) mRNA was unaltered, as was mRNA expression for the IL-1 receptor type I (IL-1R1). Furthermore, IL-1beta and IL-10 mRNA expression was higher in the inoculated mammary glands of sows that developed clinical signs of mastitis compared with sows that remained clinically healthy. Notably, sows that developed clinical signs of mastitis had significantly lower pre-inoculation levels of IL-1beta mRNA than sows that remained clinically healthy. These findings suggest that development of coliform mastitis is associated with the level of local expression of regulatory cytokines in response to intramammary E. coli inoculation and infection. 相似文献
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鸡白细胞介素-6原核表达及双抗夹心ELISA方法的建立 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
应用分子生物学技术原核表达ChIL-6，以ChIL-6重组蛋白为免疫原，按免疫程序分别制备兔抗和鼠抗IL-6重组蛋白的多克隆抗体。应用此抗体建立双抗夹心EL-ISA方法后，为了优化此方法本试验对该方法的最佳试验条件、标准曲线、重复性和初步应用进行确定。结果显示，经SDS-PAGE和Western-blot分析，表明ChIL-6在大肠杆菌中正确表达，为了建立检测ChIL6的双抗夹心ELISA方法，本试验应用表达的重组蛋白制备兔抗和鼠抗多克隆抗体。建立的双抗夹心ELISA方法最佳反应条件为包被抗体的质量浓度为50mg／L，4℃过夜；酶标二抗稀释度为1：400，37。C1h；应用该方法检测感染金黄色葡萄球菌后的ChIL-6，其结果与本实验室之前应用人的ELISA试剂盒检测的结果相似。结果表明，本试验建立的检测ChlL-6的双抗夹心ELISA方法可用于临床。 相似文献
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Ariaans MP Matthijs MG van Haarlem D van de Haar P van Eck JH Hensen EJ Vervelde L 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2008,123(3-4):240-250
Colibacillosis results from infection with avian pathogenic Escherichia coli bacteria. Healthy broilers are resistant to inhaled E. coli, but previous infection with vaccine or virulent strains of Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) predisposes birds for severe colibacillosis. We investigated whether IBV affects recruitment and function of phagocytic cells and examined NO production, phagocytic and bactericidal activity, and kinetics of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and splenocytes. Moreover, we measured cytokine mRNA expression in lung and spleen samples. Broilers were inoculated with IBV H120 vaccine or virulent M41 and challenged 5 days later with E. coli 506. A PBS control and E. coli group without previous virus inoculation were also included. Birds were sacrificed at various time points after inoculation (h/dpi). Inoculation with IBV induced extended and more severe colibacillosis than with E. coli alone. At 4dpi, the number of KUL-01(+) PBMC in all E. coli-inoculated groups was significantly higher than in PBS-inoculated birds, which correlated with lesion scores. From 1 to 4dpi, NO production by PBMC from all E. coli-inoculated animals was elevated compared to PBS birds. Bactericidal activity of PBMC in IBV-inoculated animals at 7dpi was lower than in PBS- and E. coli-inoculated birds, but phagocytic capacity and recruitment were not severely impaired. In spleen samples of IBV-infected animals reduced expression of IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-18 and IFN-gamma mRNA was found 1dpi. Our results suggest that enhanced colibacillosis after IBV infection or vaccination is caused at least by altered innate immunity and less by impairment of phagocytic cell function. 相似文献
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E L McMonagle S Taylor H van Zuilekom L Sanders N Scholtes L J Keanie C A Hopkins N A Logan D Bain D J Argyle D E Onions V E Schijns L Nicolson 《Equine veterinary journal》2001,33(7):693-698
Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a key cytokine in the development of cell-mediated immune responses. Bioactive IL-12 is a heterodimeric cytokine composed of disulphide linked p35 and p40 subunits. The aim of this study was to verify biologically activity of the products expressed from equine interleukin-12 (IL-12) p35 and p40 cDNAs and to establish whether equine IL-12 could be expressed as a p35/p40 fusion polypeptide, as has been reported for IL-12a of several mammalian species. We report production of equine IL-12 through expression of p35 and p40 subunits in mammalian and insect cells and of a p35:p40 fusion polypeptide in mammalian cells. Conditioned medium recovered from cultures transiently transfected with constructs encoding equine p35 and p40 subunits or single chain IL-12 enhanced IFN-gamma production in cells derived from equine lymph nodes. Preincubation of IFN-gamma inducing preparations with anti-p40 monoclonal antibody resulted in a significant decrease in IFN-gamma induction capacity. Medium recovered from p35 and p40-expressing baculovirus infected cultures enhanced target cell IFN-gamma production and proliferation. Experimental studies in mice and other animals have revealed a therapeutic benefit of IL-12 in cancer, inflammatory and infectious disease and an adjuvant effect in prophylactic regimes. Production of a bioactive species-specific IL-12 is a first step towards an investigation of its potential application in equine species. 相似文献
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Almería S Serrano B Yàniz JL Darwich L López-Gatius F 《Veterinary parasitology》2012,183(3-4):237-243
Neospora caninum is a major cause of abortion in cattle but it is not known why some infected animals suffer abortion while others do not. An essential role in protective immunity against N. caninum has been proposed for Th1 cytokines such as IFN-γ and IL-12 although cytokine patterns in N. caninum infected pregnant cattle have been scarcely addressed. In this study, gene expression of the cytokines IFN-γ, IL-12, IL-10, IL-4 and TNF-α was analyzed by real time RT-PCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in N. caninum naturally infected dams throughout pregnancy. Blood samples were drawn from 18 cows (13 N. caninum seropositive and 5 N. caninum seronegative) on Days 45, 90, 120, 150, 180 and 210 of pregnancy or until abortion. Four seropositive animals aborted. Compared to the seronegative animals, N. caninum infected dams showed up-regulated mRNA levels of the Th1 cytokines, IFN-γ, TNF-α and IL-12p40, along with up-regulation of the T regulatory (Treg) cytokine IL-10. In contrast, expression levels of IL-4 (Th2 cytokine) did not differ significantly among the different groups throughout the study period. Our findings indicate clear differences in peripheral blood cytokine gene expression levels during pregnancy between animals naturally infected with N. caninum and seronegative control animals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the gene expression of Th1, Th2 and regulatory cytokines in the peripheral blood of pregnant cows naturally infected with N. caninum. 相似文献
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鸡IL-18 cDNA的克隆及在大肠杆菌中的高效表达 总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1
运用RT—PCR方法，从经脂多糖(LPS)诱导的鸡马立克氏病成淋巴细胞样细胞系MIDCC-MSBI总RNA中扩增得到了鸡白细胞介素18(Chicken interleukin-18，ChIL-18)成熟蛋白基因的cDNA，并将其克隆到pMD18-T载体上。DNA序列测定表明，克隆得到的ChIL-18cDNA与国外报道的完全一致，包括终止密码子在内其编码区的长度为510bp，编码169个氨基酸残基的蛋白质。将ChIL-18成熟肽段编码区定向克隆到原核表达载体pGEX-6P-1中谷胱甘肽转移酶(GST)基因的下游，构建成原核表达质粒pGEX—ChIL18。该质粒的BL21(DE3)DysS转化菌在IPTG的诱导下可高效表达GST—ChIL18基因融合蛋白，表达量约占菌体总蛋白的32％。 相似文献
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Polymerase chain reaction analysis of TNF-alpha and IL-6 mRNA levels in whole blood from cattle naturally or experimentally infected with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0 
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下载免费PDF全文 Johne's disease is characterized by a chronic enteritis that results in granulomatous inflammation, cachexia, and eventual death of cattle infected with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. The cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) have been associated with granuloma formation and wasting in other disease syndromes. The potential role of these cytokines in the development and progression of Johne's disease has not been investigated. Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and specific bovine oligonucleotide cytokine primers and probes, we examined the expression of messenger RNA for these cytokines in whole blood from M. paratuberculosis infected and uninfected cattle. Cytokine mRNA levels were examined before and after in vitro incubation with E.coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and lipoarabinomannan (LAM) purified from M. paratuberculosis. Uninfected calves, experimentally infected calves, and naturally infected cattle all displayed similar cytokine mRNA expression patterns. However, individual animals demonstrated variability in the levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha mRNA expression as determined by a semiquantitative PCR method using 32P-labelled oligonucleotide probes. 相似文献
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为了丰富广西巴马小型猪细胞因子生物学数据,本试验采取广西巴马小型猪的外周血,分离淋巴细胞,提取总RNA,利用设计的引物进行RT-PCR扩增,将克隆出的与目的基因大小相符的片段回收,再与T载体连接,转化到大肠杆菌DH5α中,筛选阳性克隆,将重组菌测序后提交NCBI,比较克隆序列与已知序列的同源性,并利用软件对克隆序列进行分析。结果表明,已克隆出的巴马小型猪细胞因子IL-2、IL-12、IFN-γ、TNF-α基因序列长度分别为338、377、380、402 bp,测序结果均与目的基因预期估计值吻合。序列分析结果发现与已知的家猪或野猪的相应基因同源性较高,IL-2、IL-12、IFN-γ、TNF-α序列同源性分别为98.9%、99.5%、99.2%、100%。研究巴马小型猪细胞因子基因序列不仅丰富了生物学数据,而且为细胞因子的功能研究提供了依据,也为细胞因子的定量检测奠定了基础。 相似文献