Research provides ‘atlas’ for studies into pig lung immunity
A study by scientists at The Pirbright Institute and the Babraham Institute has detailed how immune cells in pigs lung change after influenza infection or vaccination.
For protection against influenza in livestock or humans, it is important that a vaccine induces the right combination of immune cells and antibodies.
This study has, for the first time, examined the active genes in pig lung cells to make a ‘map’ of how the immune system functions following influenza infection or vaccination.