Authors : Wenkai Ren, Liming Zeng, Yinghui Li, Li Wu, Jieping Guo, Miaomiao Wu, Gang Liu and Yulong Yin
Abstract: Once a mammal infected by a microorganism an elaborate response will be generated that attempts to eliminate the infection agent. These responses contained innate immune responses and adaptive immune responses. Cytokines played a role in both innate and adaptive immune responses. Porcine circovirus type 2 was the causal agent of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome which was an economically important disease in pigs. Although, the interaction between immune responses and porcine circovirus was suggested as a determinant factor in the pathogenesis of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, the reports about the cytokines profile in PCV2 infection were mixed and confused. Thus, a detailed review about this field was presented according to the literature and the lab’s conclusion.
Wenkai Ren, Liming Zeng, Yinghui Li, Li Wu, Jieping Guo, Miaomiao Wu, Gang Liu and Yulong Yin, 2013. Cytokines Profile in Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Infection. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 12: 1420-1433.