Comparative Analysis of Genome Sequences of the Th2 Cytokine Region of Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with those of Nine Different Species | Zendy

E. Michael Gertz | Zendy; Richa Agarwala | Zendy; Rose G. Mage | Zendy; Alejandro A. Schäffer | Zendy

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Comparative Analysis of Genome Sequences of the Th2 Cytokine Region of Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with those of Nine Different Species

Author(s) -

E. Michael Gertz,

Richa Agarwala,

Rose G. Mage,

Alejandro A. Schäffer

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

immunology and immunogenetics insights

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108

H-Index - 6

ISSN - 1178-6345

DOI - 10.4137/iii.s7236

Subject(s) - rabbit (cipher) , european rabbit , genome , biology , zoology , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , mathematics , medicine , statistics , population , environmental health

The regions encoding the coordinately regulated Th2 cytokines IL5, IL4 and IL13 are located on chromosomes 5 of man and 11 of mouse. They have been intensively studied because these interleukins have protective roles in helminth infections, but may lead to detrimental effects such as allergy, asthma, and fibrosis in lung and liver. We added to previous studies by comparing sequences of syntenic regions on chromosome 3 of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) genome OryCun 2.0 assembly from a tuberculosis-susceptible strain, with the corresponding region of ENCODE ENm002 from a normal rabbit as well as with 9 other mammalian species. We searched for rabbit transcription factor binding sites in putative promoter and other non-coding regions of IL5, RAD50, IL13 and IL4. Although we identified several differences between the two donor rabbits in coding and non-coding regions of potential functional significance, confirmation awaits additional sequencing of other rabbits.

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