Induction of chicken cytokine responses in vivo and in vitro by lipooligosaccharide of Campylobacter jejuni HS:10.

Campylobacter jejuni is a pathogen of the gastrointestinal tract of humans, but colonizes chickens for prolonged periods without causing disease. It is unclear what host and bacterial mechanisms maintain a non-inflammatory state in chickens. The present work was undertaken to characterize cytokine responses of chickens to purified lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of C.