title: Detection of interleukin-6 and prostaglandin E2 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of pigs experimentally infected with Mycoplasma hyponeumoniae.
abstract: In this study, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) were detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) from pigs experimentally infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. IL-6 was detected at 2 weeks post-inoculation (PI), and significantly increased levels of PGE2 were observed at 4 weeks PI. In the BALF collected from infected pigs at 4 weeks PI, the levels of IL-6 increased significantly in the pigs with pneumonic lesions. However, increased levels of PGE2 were observed in all the infected pigs.
authors.affiliation: Zen-noh Institute of Animal Health, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokomizo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000032:analysis*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000032:analysis*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D045729:Pneumonia of Swine, Mycoplasmal / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D015232:Dinoprostone