Poultry

Progress
Primers
Bioassays
References for Genes
Posters
Commercially Available Reagents


Recombinant proteins will be made for the following genes:
CCL4, CCL20, IFNγ, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IL-12p35, IL-12p40, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, IL-17D, IL-18, LITAF, Lymphotactin, MIF, TNSF15(TL1A)


Monoclonal antibodies will be made to:

Cytokines and Chemokines:

IL-10: protein produced; fusion completed; contact Dr. Hyun Lillehoj, USDA-ARS about monoclonals

IL-16: protein produced; fusion completed; contact Dr. Hyun Lillehoj, USDA-ARS about monoclonals

IL-4: protein production scheduled January 2009 (Kingfisher); monoclonal production scheduled February 2009 (UMass Amherst)

IL-17: protein production scheduled January 2009 (Kingfisher); monoclonal production scheduled February 2009 (UMass Amherst)

IL-18: protein production scheduled July 2009 (Kingfisher); monoclonal production scheduled August 2009 (UMass Amherst)

IL-15: protein production scheduled August 2009 (Kingfishe); monoclonal production scheduled September 2009 (UMass Amherst)

Cell Surface Molecules:

IL-2Rα (CD25) : mice immunized at UMass; mAb fusion scheduled 4/9/09 (UMass Amherst)

IL-17D: protein production scheduled March 2009 (Cornell); monoclonal production scheduled April 2009 (UMass Amherst)

CXCR4: protein production scheduled June 2009 (Cornell); monoclonal production scheduled July 2009 (UMass Amherst)

CD80: protein production scheduled May 2009 (Cornell); monoclonal production scheduled June 2009 (UMass Amherst)

CD83: protein production scheduled April 2009 (Cornell); monoclonal production scheduled May 2009 (UMass Amherst)

CD86: protein production scheduled May 2009 (Cornell); monoclonal production scheduled June 2009 (UMass Amherst)





Click here for 'U.S. Veterinary Immune Reagent Network', poster presented at the 8th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium, Ouro Preto, Brazil, August 15-19,2007.



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Last updated: July 2009






Dr. Hyun Lillehoj
Species Coordinator, Poultry


Species Coordinator

Hyun Lillehoj
USDA-ARS Beltsville
Hyun.Lillehoj@usda.ars.gov
Poultry bioassays and genes



Species Collaborators

Calvin Keeler
University of Delaware

Darrell Kapczynski
USDA-ARS-SEPRL (Georgia)

Uma Babu
USFDA (Maryland)

Thomas Scott
Clemson University

Chin Ching Wu
Purdue University

Tsang Long Lin
Purdue University



Species Consultants

Kirk Klasing
University of California, Davis

Narayan Rath
USDA-ARS (Arkansas)

John Butler
Univerity of Iowa

Marie-Paul Lefranc
Insitut Génétique Humaine, France