Expression of pathogen recognition receptors and pro-inflammatory cytokine transcripts in clinical and sub-clinical endometritis cows.

The present study was carried out to examine the expression profile of pathogen recognition receptors (CD14 and toll-like receptor 4) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNFα) in endometrial tissue of cows with endometritis at different stages of estrous cycle. Genital tracts were collected from 60 cows at slaughter from the killing village. The genitalia were examined for clinical endometritis (CE) and subclinical endometritis (SCE) through physical examination, white side test of cervico-vaginal mucus, endometrial cytology and histopathology. The stage of estrous cycle for each genitalia was determined by visual examination of both the ovaries and classified as either follicular (F) or luteal (L). Depending on the degree of inflammation and stage of estrous cycle, the genitalia were categorized in four groups i.e., FCE, FSCE, LCE, and LSCE with six genitalia in each group. Furthermore, 12 healthy genitalia comprise of six each of follicular (FN) and luteal (LN) were included as contro...