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Progress
Primers
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References for Genes
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Commercially Available Reagents


Recombinant proteins will be made for the following genes: CCL2, CCL5, CCL11, CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11, IFN-γ, IFN-α, IFN-β, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p35, IL-12p40, IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, IL-18, IL-23A, TNF-α





Monoclonals antibodies will be made to the:

Cell Surface Molecules:

TCRγ: fusion completed September 2008; 3 mAbs,contact Dr. Cynthia Baldwin, UMass Amherst about monoclonals

TCRδ: Ig vector protein immunized and fusion scheduled 4/2/09(UMass Amherst); re-cloning into IL-4 vector (Cornell) with monoclonal production scheduled for June 2009 (UMass Amherst)

IL-10Rβ: mice immunized and monoclonal antibody fusion scheduled 4/9/09(UMass Amherst)

IL-23R: protein production scheduled May 2009 (Cornell; monoclonal production scheduled June 2009 (UMass Amherst)

CCR7: protein production scheduled April 2009 (Cornell); monoclonal production scheduled May 2009 (UMass Amherst)





Cytokines and Chemokines:

IL-13: fusion completed Decemeber 2008; contact Dr. Cynthia Baldwin, UMass AMherst about monoclonals

IFNα: protein production scheduled December 2008 (Kingfisher); monoclomal production scheduled January 2009 (UMass Amherst)

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

IL-23: protein production scheduled February 2009 (Kingfisher); monoclonal production scheduled March 2009 (UMass Amherst)

IL-6: protein scheduled April 2009 (Kingfisher); monoclonal production scheduled May 2009 (UMass Amherst)


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Last updated: August 2009





Dr. Cynthia Baldwin
Species Coordinator, Ruminants


Species Coordinator

Dr. Cynthia Baldwin
University of Massachusetts Amherst
cbaldwin@vasci.umass.edu



Species Collaborators

Wendy Brown
Washington State University

Doug Bannerman
USDA-ARS (Maryland)

Samuel Black
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Robert Dyer
University of Delaware

William Golde
USDA-ARS (New York)

Gina Pighetti
University of Tennessee

Ynte Schukken
Cornell University

Doug Weiss
University of Minnesota



Species Consultants

John Butler
University of Iowa

Harry Dawson
USDA, Human Nutrition Research Center

Susan Eicher
USDA-ARS (Indiana)

D. Mark Estes
University of Texas Medical Branch

Jayne Hope
Institute for Animal Health, United Kingdom

Mark Jutila
Montana State University

Azad Kaushik
University of Guelph, Canada

Marie Paul LeFranc
Insitut de Génétique Humaine, France

Hans-Martin Seyfert
Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals, Germany

Mulumebet Worku
North Carolina A&T State University

Dante Zarlenga
USDA-ARS (Maryland)