id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-034467-jh9msz1c Olagoke, Olusola Koalas vaccinated against Koala retrovirus respond by producing increased levels of interferon-gamma 2020-10-31 .txt text/plain 2209 132 49 In the present study, we examined the expression of important koala cytokines, immune markers and host restrictions factors to determine their pre-and post-vaccination levels in northern koalas harbouring endogenous KoRV. Genes targeted included nine cytokines (CCL4L, Interleukin Open Access *Correspondence: oolagoke@usc.edu.au Genecology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia (IL)-1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17A, IL-18 and Interferon gamma (IFN-γ), four host restriction factors (BST2, ISG15, RSAD2 and TRIM1) and two T-cell markers (CD4 and CD8β). In addition, none of the host restriction factors tested (BST2, ISG15, RSAD2 and TRIM1) had significant changes in their expression either at 4-or 8-weeks post-vaccination when compared to prevaccination levels. In this cohort of KoRV vaccinated and endogenously infected koalas, a small but significant increase in the expression of IFN-γ at both 4-and 8-weeks post-vaccination was observed, compared to pre-vaccination levels. Our study investigated the expression of four host restriction factors in koalas harbouring endogenous KoRV: BST2, ISG15, RSAD2 and TRIM1. ./cache/cord-034467-jh9msz1c.txt ./txt/cord-034467-jh9msz1c.txt