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. 2019 Sep 13;9:13269. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49516-z

Figure 5.

Figure 5

mRNA expression profiles of IL-23 and Th17 cytokines in the spleens of R. anatipestifer-infected ducks. Two-week-old healthy ducks were infected intramuscularly with 5 × 107 CFU of R. anatipestifer serotype 7. Five ducks were sacrificed at each time point, and then the spleens were aseptically collected on 1, 4, and 7 days post-infection (dpi). The expression levels of IL-23p19 (A), IL-12p40 (B), IL-17A (C), and IL-17F (D) transcripts were quantified by qRT-PCR. Gene expression levels were normalized with β-actin and calibrated with expression levels from uninfected ducks (NC). The results from one representative experiment of two independent experiments are shown. Data are shown as the mean ± SE (n = 5). *P < 0.05, and ***P < 0.001. RA, splenocytes from R. anatipestifer-infected ducks.