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Infection and Immunity, December 2004, p. 7311-7314, Vol. 72, No. 12
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7311-7314.2004
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AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre,1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand,2 Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, RAS, Moscow, Russia3
Received 10 April 2004/ Returned for modification 21 June 2004/ Accepted 16 August 2004
The expression of a ß-defensin, the lingual antimicrobial peptide (LAP), in response to mastitis was investigated by real-time PCR of RNA from mastitic and control udder quarters. There was a positive relationship between somatic cell count in milk and LAP expression. In situ hybridization showed that LAP mRNA was expressed in epithelial cells of mastitic tissue. These results suggest that LAP plays a role in the innate immune response to mastitis.
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