Figure 1.
Gene expression in the MAC-T bovine mammary epithelial cell line in response to infection with S. aureus from bovine-adapted lineages. Expression of (A) CCL20, (B) IL1β, (C) IL6, (D) IL8 and (E) TNFα over time in MAC-T cells infected with strains from S. aureus lineages CC71 (black), CC97 (red), ST136 (green) and CC151 (blue). Expression was determined relative to uninfected cells. Data represents mean log2-transformed, normalised expression of 3 individual strains ± SEM. Means which share a superscript are not significantly different.