In this study we have used the expression of perforin to characterize subsets of porcine cytotoxic lymphocytes. Perforin positive lymphocytes expressed both CD2 and CD8alpha, most were small dense… (More)
To understand the mechanisms involved in protective immunity to African swine fever virus (ASFV) infection, the observation that infection with the avirulent Portuguese ASFV isolate OUR/T88/3… (More)
The full length porcine granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) cDNA, including secretion signal peptide coding region was recloned into baculovirus transfer vector pAcYM1. The… (More)
Three-dimensional (3D) porcine nasal mucosal and tracheal mucosal epithelial cell cultures were developed to analyze foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) interactions with mucosal epithelial cells.… (More)
gammadelta T cells recognise different types of antigen in alternative ways to alphabeta T cells, and thus appear to play a complementary role in the immune response. However, unlike alphabeta T… (More)
African swine fever virus (ASFV) infection usually results in an acute haemorrhagic disease with a mortality rate approaching 100% in domestic pigs. However, pigs can survive infection with… (More)
Received 16 March 2005 Accepted 3 June 2005 To understand the mechanisms involved in protective immunity to African swine fever virus (ASFV) infection, the observation that infection with the… (More)
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) submitted to the workshop B cell panel were screened for reactivity with bovine surface immunoglobulin positive (SIg+) cells from tonsil, mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN),… (More)
To overcome the low and slow development of humoral antibody often observed with DNA vaccines we applied a prime-boost strategy. When FMD DNA vaccine P1-2A3C3D and pGM-CSF primed pigs were boosted… (More)