Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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About the Author |
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1.1 Importance of pig models in human vaccine development |
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1.2 Definition of gnotobiotic pigs |
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1.3 Brief history of the first studies of HRV and HuNoV infection in Gn pigs |
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2 Establishment of Gn Pig Model of HRV Infection and Diarrhea: Infectivity and Pathogenesis of HRV in Gn Pigs |
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2.1 Origin of the virulent Wa HRV inoculum |
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2.2 Determination of infectious dose of virulent Wa HRV inoculums in Gn pigs |
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2.3 VirHRV fecal shedding pattern in Gn pigs |
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2.4 Pathogenesis and distribution of HRV antigens in tissues of VirHRV infected Gn pigs |
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2.5 Attenuated Wa HRV as a prototype HRV vaccine in Gn pigs |
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3 Establishment of Gn Pig Model of HuNoV Infection and Diarrhea |
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3.1 Median infectious dose of HuNoV Gll.4/2006b in two different age groups of Gn pigs |
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3.2 Median infectious dose and median diarrhea dose of HuNoV Gil.4/2003 in Gn pigs and dose-response models |
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4 Evaluation of Live Oral and Inactivated Intramuscular HRV Vaccines in Gn Pigs |
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4.1 Protective efficacy conferred by natural infection versus live attenuated HRV vaccines and correlates of protective immunity |
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4.2 Evaluation of immunogenicity and protective efficacy of inactivated HRV vaccines |
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5 Virus-like Particles Given Intranasally or DNA Plasmids Given Intramuscularly Failed to Induce Any Protection in Gn Pigs |
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5.1 The 2/6-VLP vaccine with mLT or ISCOM mucosal adjuvant failed in Gn pigs |
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5.2 VP6 DNA vaccine failed in Gn pigs |
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6 Prime-Boost Rotavirus Vaccine Regimens Are Highly Effective |
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6.1 VLPs serve as effective booster doses in prime-boost regimens |
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6.2 DNA plasmids serve as effective booster doses in prime-boost regimens |
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7 Rotavirus P2-VP8* and P24-VP8* Intramuscular Vaccines Evaluated in Gn Pigs |
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7.1 Highly immunogenic P2-VP8* subunit rotavirus vaccine demonstrated protective effects against diarrhea and virus shedding in Gn pigs |
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7.2 P24-VP8* nanoparticle vaccine conferred strong protection against rotavirus diarrhea and virus shedding in Gn pigs |
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8 Norovirus P Particle and VLP Vaccines Evaluated in Gn Pig Model of Gil.4 HuNoV Infection and Diarrhea |
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8.2 Intranasal P particle and VLP vaccine provided partial protection against Gil.4 HuNoV diarrhea and shedding in Gn pigs |
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8.3 Higher dose of P particle vaccine induced stronger T cell responses |
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8.3.1 High dose P particle (HiPP) primed for increased Th and CTL in intestine and blood |
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8.3.2 HiPP primed for increased activated T cells post-challenge |
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8.3.3 HiPP primed for increased IFN-y producing effector T cells |
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8.3.4 HiPP down-regulated systemic regulator T cell (Treg) responses |
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8.3.5 Correlations between protection rate against diarrhea and Treg expansion |
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42 | (1) |
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9 Simvastatin Reduces Protection and Intestinal T cell Responses Induced by a Norovirus P Particle Vaccine in Gnotobiotic Pigs |
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9.2 Simvastatin feeding significantly reduced serum cholesterol in Gn pigs |
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9.3 Protective efficacy conferred by the P particle vaccine in simvastatin-fed pigs |
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9.4 Simvastatin decreases frequencies of proliferating intestinal CD8+ T cells after infection |
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9.5 Simvastatin feeding decreased total MNCs isolated from duodenum pre-challenge and PBL post-challenge |
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9.6 Simvastatin decreased total number and frequency of CTLs in duodenum of vaccinated pigs pre-challenge but increased Th cells in PBL post-challenge |
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9.7 Simvastatin reduced numbers and/or frequencies of activated CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the intestinal tissues and blood pre-challenge and CD8+ T cells in spleen and blood post-challenge |
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9.8 Simvastatin feeding reduced numbers of CD8+IFN-y+ T cells in duodenum and PBL at PID 28 |
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9.9 Simvastatin-fed pigs had reduced CD25-FoxP3+ and CD25+FoxP3+ Tregs in duodenum |
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53 | (1) |
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10 Dissecting Importance of B Cells versus T Cells in Rotavirus Vaccine-Induced Immunity Using Gene Knockout Gn Pigs |
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10.2 Immunophenotyping of B cell-deficient and CD8 T cell-depleted Gn pigs |
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10.2.1 HCKO pigs lack immature B cells and Ig secreting cells (IgSC) and are totally incapable of producing antibodies |
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10.2.2 Efficiency of CD8 T cell depletion by a single injection of anti-pig CD8 antibody |
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10.2.3 HCKO pigs had increased CD4 and CD8 T cell population but decreased Treg cell population |
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10.2.4 CD8 depletion in B cell-deficient pigs significantly decreased CD8 T cells and NK cells |
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10.2.5 CD8 depletion in B cell-deficient pigs further increased CD4 T cells but restored the level of Treg cell population |
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10.2.6 B cell-deficient pigs had higher frequencies of IFN-y producing CD4 and CD8 T cells and NK cells |
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10.2.7 CD8 depletion in B cell-deficient pigs significantly decreased the IFN-y producing CD4 and CD8 T cells in most tissues |
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10.2.8 CD8 depletion in B cell-deficient pigs further enhanced IFN-y producing NK cells in all tissues and IFN-y producing CD4 and CD8 T cells in ileum at PCD 7 |
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10.2.9 CD8 depletion in B cell-deficient pigs reduced IFN-y producing CD8+ y8 T cells but enhanced IFN-y producing CD8- y5 T cells |
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10.3 Cellular immune responses to AttHRV vaccine and protection against VirHRV challenge in HCKO pigs |
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10.3.1 AttHRV vaccination increased CD4 and CD8 T cell and NK cells population and decreased Treg cell population in HCKO pigs |
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10.3.2 B cells contribute to protective immunity against rotavirus infection and diarrhea |
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10.3.3 In the absence of B cells, vaccine-induced adaptive immune responses still provided partial protection |
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10.3.4 AttHRV vaccine-induced CD8 T cells played a role in shortening the duration of diarrhea and decreasing virus shedding titers |
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10.3.5 Vaccine-induced other lymphocytes may have contributed to resolving rotavirus shedding |
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11 Human Gut Microbiota-Transplanted Gn Pig Models for HRV Infection |
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11.1 HRV infection changes the microbial community structures and probiotics prevent the change in HGM Gn pigs |
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11.1.1 Establish the HGM Gn pig model of HRV infection and analysis of microbiome |
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11.1.1.1 Transplantation of HGM into Gn pigs |
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11.1.1.2 Inoculation of Gn pigs with attenuated HRV vaccine, virulent HRV, and probiotic LGG |
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11.1.1.3 Microbial community analysis |
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11.1.2 HRV infection caused a phylum-level shift from Firmicutes to Proteobacteria, and LGG prevented the changes in microbial communities caused by HRV in HGM pigs |
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11.2 Modeling human enteric dysbiosis and rotavirus immunity in HGM Gn pigs |
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11.2.2 HGM transplantation, vaccination, and challenge of Gn pigs |
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11.2.2.1 Stool samples for HGM transplantation |
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11.2.2.2 Selection and preparation of infant samples for HGM Gn pig transplantation |
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11.2.2.3 Inoculation of Gn pigs with HGM, vaccination with AttHRV, and challenge with VirHRV |
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11.2.3.1 Antibody response in HHGM and UHGM pigs |
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11.2.3.2 Virus-specific effector T cell response |
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11.2.3.3 Clinical signs and virus shedding |
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11.2.3.4 Microbiome analysis |
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11.2.3.5 Enteropathy biomarkers, histopathology, pig weights |
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12 Probiotics Modulate Adaptive Immune Responses to Oral HRV Vaccines in HGM Transplanted Gn Pigs |
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12.2 Preparation of HGM inoculum and generation of HGM transplanted Gn pigs |
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12.2.1 Human gut microbiota inoculum |
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12.2.2 Treatment groups and inoculation of Gn pigs |
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12.3.1 Similar clinical signs in AttHRV-vaccinated pigs with or without HGM transplantation after VirHRV challenge |
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12.3.2 High dose LGG feeding significantly enhanced the fecal and intestinal LGG counts in HGM transplanted Gn pigs |
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12.3.3 HGM colonization significantly promoted the development of Th1 type immune responses and down-regulated Treg cell responses |
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12.3.4 High dose LGG significantly enhanced rotavirus-specific IFN-y producing T cell responses but did not affect Treg cells in AttHRV-vaccinated pigs with HGM |
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12.3.5 Similar rotavirus-specific antibody responses associated with similar protection rate against rotavirus infection among all three groups of AttHRV-vaccinated HGM pigs with or without LGG feeding |
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12.3.6 Safety of the HGM in newborn Gn pigs |
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13 Probiotics Modulate Cell Signaling Pathway and Innate Cytokine Responses to Oral HRV Vaccine in HGM-Transplanted Gn Pigs |
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13.2 Bacterial communities in feces of HGM-transplanted pigs |
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13.3 Probiotic LGG at nine doses significantly enhanced the innate cytokine and TLR responses at the transcriptional level in the AttHRV-vaccinated HGM pigs |
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13.4 The signal pathway molecule expression in the ileal MNCs |
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13.5 Immunohistochemistry for detection of signaling pathway molecules in ileal tissue |
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14 Probiotics as HRV Vaccine Adjuvants in Gn Pigs |
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14.2 Probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus enhances the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the AttHRV vaccine in Gn pigs |
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14.2.1 Probiotic LA dosing, AttHRV vaccination, and VirHRV challenge |
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14.2.2 LA reduced AttHRV vaccine-associated diarrhea and substantially improved the protection against virus shedding conferred by the AttHRV vaccine against VirHRV challenge |
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14.2.3 LA significantly enhanced the T cell, B cell, and antibody responses induced by the AttHRV vaccine |
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14.2.3.1 LA significantly enhanced HRV-specific IFN-y producing CD8+ T cell responses induced by the AttH RV vaccine |
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14.2.3.2 LA significantly enhanced intestinal HRV-specific IgA and IgG ASC responses induced by the AttHRV vaccine as well as the total intestinal IgA and IgG immunoglobulin-secreting cells (IgSC) |
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14.2.3.3 LA significantly enhanced serum IgM, IgA, IgG, and VN antibody responses induced by the AttHRV vaccine |
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14.3 Dose effects of LAB on modulation of rotavirus vaccine-induced immune responses |
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14.3.2 Dose effects of LA on T cell responses |
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14.3.3 Low dose LA, but not high dose LA, enhanced HRV-specific IFN-y producing T cell responses |
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14.3.4 High dose LA significantly increased frequencies of intestinal and systemic CD4+CD25-FoxP3+ Treg cells whereas low dose LA decreased TGF-p and IL-10 producing Treg cell responses |
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14.3.5 Dose effects of LA on antibody and B cell responses |
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14.3.6 High dose LA did not significantly alter the HRV-specific antibody responses whereas low dose LA had negative effects on the antibody responses |
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14.3.7 Dose effects of LA on DC responses |
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14.3.8 Dose effects of LA on protection conferred by the oral AttHRV vaccine against virulent HRV challenge |
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15 Rice Bran as a Vaccine Adjuvant and as Prebiotics in Reducing Viral Diarrhea |
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15.1 Rice bran as a vaccine adjuvant for AttHRV vaccines in Gn pigs |
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15.1.2 Rice bran feeding, AttHRV inoculation, and VirHRV challenge of Gn pigs |
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15.1.3 Rice bran reduced HRV diarrhea but not virus shedding |
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15.1.4 Rice bran enhanced IFN-y+ CD4+ and CD8+ Tcell responses to AttHRV vaccine |
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15.1.5 Rice bran promoted the development of intestinal and systemic IgSC |
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15.1.6 Rice bran stimulated the production of total IgM, IgA, and IgG in serum |
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15.1.7 Rice bran decreased the intestinal and systemic HRV-specific IgA and IgG ASC responses to AttHRV vaccination but not VirHRV challenge |
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15.1.8 Rice bran reduced serum HRV-specific IgA and IgG antibody responses to AttHRV |
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15.1.9 Rice bran increased HRV-specific IgA titer in the intestinal contents |
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15.2 Combination of probiotics and rice bran is highly effective in preventing HRV diarrhea in Gn pigs |
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1 5.2.1 Introduction: probiotics and RB in HRV diarrhea |
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15.2.2 RB feeding, probiotic colonization, and VirHRV challenge of Gn pigs |
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15.2.3 RB completely protected against rotavirus diarrhea in LGG and EcN colonized Gn pigs |
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15.2.4 RB significantly enhanced the growth and colonization of LGG and EcN and increased pig body weight gain in LGG+EcN colonized pigs |
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15.2.5 The combination of RB and LGG+EcN prevented epithelial damage from HRV challenge |
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15.2.6 RB enhanced the innate immune response during HRV infection |
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15.3 Combination of probiotics and rice bran is highly effective in preventing HuNoV diarrhea in Gn pigs |
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15.3.1 Gnotobiotic pig treatment groups |
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15.3.2 LGG+EcN inhibited HuNoV shedding and RB reduced diarrhea in Gn pigs |
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15.3.3 LGG+EcN and RB stimulated the production of total IFN-y+ T cells |
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15.3.4 Probiotics plus RB cocktail regimens enhanced gut immunity |
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15.3.5 Probiotics plus RB cocktail regimens increased jejuna villi length |
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15.4 Impacts of studies of RB in Gn pigs |
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References |
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Index |
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