声明
Dedication
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
论文说明
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
ABSTRACT
摘要
ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER-Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER-ⅡREVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 Beneficial effects of probiotics on intestinal health
2.1.1 Helpful in lactose intolerance
2.1.2 Prevention of diarrhea
2.1.3 Reprieve from constipation
2.1.4 Colon cancer
2.1.5 Inflammatory bowel disease
2.1.6 Necrotizing enterocolitis
2.1.7 Beneficial effects for homeostasis
2.2 Effect of probiotics on intestinal immunity and chicken health
2.3 Mechanisms of Probiotic Action
2.4 Mechanism of action in intestinal defense
2.4.1 Antagonistic effects against pathogens
2.4.2 Competitive exclusion along the epithelium
2.4.3 Improving epithelial structure
2.2 Boost intestinal immunity
2.6 Importance of intestinal cells receptor signaling
2.7 Cytokine production in response of TLRs signaling
2.8 In vitro culture of chicken bone marrow derived dendritic cells
2.8.1 Dendritic cells and their sub types
2.9 Biological function of DCs
2.10 Effect of probiotics on DCs functionality
CHAPTER-Ⅲ Supplementary effects of Saccharomyces boulardii and Bacillus subtilis B10 on growth performance,digestive enzyme activities,antioxidation capacity and blood homeostasis in broilers
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.2.1 Culturing of probiotics
3.2.2 Experiment design and feeding method
3.2.3 growth perfermance and internal organs weight
3.2.4 Blood collection
3.2.5 Sampling of digesta and liver
3.2.6 Enzymatic activities analysis
3.2.7 Antioxidation capacity assays
3.2.8 Statistical analysis
3.3 RESULTS
3.3.1 Growth performance
3.3.2 Digestive enzymes activity assay
3.3.3 Serum antioxidation analysis
3.3.4 Liver antioxidation functioning
3.3.5 Blood biochemical examination
3.4 DISCUSSION
3.5 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER-Ⅳ Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii and Bacillus B10 on intestinal ultrastructure and microbial community composition
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 MATERIAL AND METHODS
4.2.1 Bacterial and yeast culture preparation
4.2.2 Experiment design and feeding procedure
4.2.3 Sampling procedure
4.2.4 Histological examination
4.2.5 Transmission electron microscopy
4.2.6 RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis
4.2.7 Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR)
4.2.8 Immunohistochemical staining for IgA positive cells
4.2.9 Determination of cytokines by ELISA
4.2.10 DNA isolation from fecal contents
4.2.11 PCR and pyrosequencing
4.2.12 Post-run analysis
4.2.13 Statistical Analyses
4.3 RESULTS
4.3.1 Histological observation
4.3.2 Intestinal ultrastructure examination
4.3.3 Ocln,Cldn2 and Cldn3 mRNA expressions
4.3.4 Microbial community diversity and species richness in the jejunum and ileum
4.3.5 Microbial community structure modulation in the Jejunum
4.3.6 Microbial community structure modulation in the Ileum
4.4 DISCUSSION
4.5 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER-Ⅳ The effect of Saccharomyces boulardii and Bacillus subtilis B10 on intestinal immunity and mRNA expression of TLR signaling pathway in broiler
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 MATERIALS AND METHODS
5.2.1 Preparation of probiotics
5.2.2 Experimental Designing
5.2.3 Sampling procedure
5.2.4 Determination of cytokines by ELISA
5.2.5 Immunohistochemistry of jejunum and ileum
5.2.6 RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis
5.2.7 Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)
5.2.8 Statistical analyses
5.3 RESULTS
5.3.1 Cytokine production level
5.3.2 IgA positive cells and sIgA concentration in the jejunum and ileum
5.3.3 Serum Immunoglobulin Assay
5.3.4 Surface Toll like receptor and down streaming expressions response
5.4 DISCUSSION
5.6 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER-Ⅵ Cloning approach coordinated with IL-4 to asses optimal growth and biological activity of bone marrow derive denderitic cells
6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.2 MATERIALS AND METHODS
6.2.1 Cloning of chicken rGM-CSF and construction of expression vector
6.2.2 Chicken rGM-CSF protein expression and purification
6.2.3 SDS-PAGE And western blotting
6.2.4 Isolation of progenitor cells from chicken bone marrow
6.2.5 Growth and maturation of dendrite cells(DCs)
6.2.6 Cell yield evaluation
6.2.7 Morphological examination
6.2.8 Extraction of RNA and cDNA synthesis
6.2.9 Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR)
6.2.10 Bone marrow cells,developmental and morphological changes
6.2.11 Statistical analysis
6.3 RESULTS
6.3.1 Cloning,expression and purification of chicken GM-CSF
6.3.2 Cell culture yield
6.3.3 Morphological examination of cultured BMDCs
6.3.4 Phenotype of immature and mature chi-BMDCs
6.3.5 Genes expression level of surface markers
6.3.6 Inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines genes expression
6.4 DISCUSSION
6.5 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER-Ⅶ Effects of Saccharomyces boulardii and Bacillus subtilis B10 on immunity of chicken bone marrow dendritic cells modulated by TLRs signaling pathway
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 MATERIALS AND METHODS
7.2.1 Isolation and culturing of chicken bone marrow dendrite cells(chi-BMDCs)
7.2.2 Probiotics and culture conditions
7.2.3 Experimental design
7.2.4 Morphological observation
7.2.5 Scan electron microscopy(SEM)
7.2.6 Transmission electron microscopy
7.2.7 Extranction of RNA and cDNA Synthesis
7.2.8 Quantitation of mRNA qRT-PCR
7.2.9 Cytokines production by ELISA essay
7.2.10 Statistical Analysis
7.3 RESULTS
7.3.1 Morphological changes in chicken bone marrow derived dendrite cells
7.3.2 Scan electron microscopy
7.3.3 Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)
7.3.4 Gene expression of surface markers
7.3.5 TLRs and associated factors expression response
7.3.6 Cytokines and chemokine determination
7.4 DISCUSSION
7.5 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER-Ⅷ SUMMARY,CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Summary
Conclusions
Suggestions
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