RNA-seq of Streptococcus suis infectioned and uninfected primary porcine choroid plexus epithelial cells

The zoonotic pathogen, Streptococcus suis, has been demonstratet to use the choroid plexus as an entry gate into the central nervous system, where it can induce meningitis. The global transcriptome of primary porcine and immortal human choroid plexus epithelial cells, which were infected in vitro with S. suis, was analyzed via RNA-seq. Additionally, the choroid plexus tissue was isolated from pigs experimentally infected in vivo with S. suis and who either suffered from meningitis or were meningitis-free. These tissue samples were also subject of global transcriptome analysis via RNA-seq.