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SUBMITTER: Ikeda T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10451233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ikeda Takumi T Kondo Hirotada H Nunomura Daiki D Sato Genki G Ito Machi M Yamanaka Nanako N Iwamuro Shawichi S Hasunuma Itaru I Kikuyama Sakae S Kobayashi Tetsuya T
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20230819 8
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) act directly on pathogens and maintain the anti-inflammatory effects and activation of immunocompetent cells. Therefore, the activation of the immune system in poultry via the elevation of endogenous AMPs has been attempted. In this study, we focused on the host defense mechanisms in the bursa of Fabricius (BF) of Japanese quail, cloned the cDNA of cathelicidin (CATH)-1 to -3, and analyzed their expression sites. In situ hybridization experiments revealed the mRNA e ...[more]