Defining the genes required for survival of Mycobacterium bovis in the bovine host offers novel insights into the genetic basis of survival of pathogenic mycobacteria (2022)
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Gibson, A. J., Stiens, J., Passmore, I. J., Faulkner, V., Miculob, J., Willcocks, S., …Kendall, S. L. (2022). Defining the genes required for survival of Mycobacterium bovis in the bovine host offers novel insights into the genetic basis of survival of pathogenic mycobacteria. mBio, https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00672-22

Tuberculosis has severe impacts in both humans and animals. Understanding the genetic basis of survival of both Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the human adapted species, and Mycobacterium bovis, the animal adapted species is crucial to deciphering the b... Read More about Defining the genes required for survival of Mycobacterium bovis in the bovine host offers novel insights into the genetic basis of survival of pathogenic mycobacteria.

Probing differences in gene essentiality between the human and animal adapted (2021)
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Gibson, A. J., Passmore, I. J., Faulkner, V., Xia, D., Nobeli, I., Stiens, J., …Kendall, S. L. (2021). Probing differences in gene essentiality between the human and animal adapted. Frontiers in Veterinary Science,

Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) show distinct host adaptations, preferences and phenotypes despite being >99% identical at the nucleic acid level. Previous studies have explored gene expression changes between the members, ho... Read More about Probing differences in gene essentiality between the human and animal adapted.

Analysis of Genetic Variation in the Bovine SLC11A1 Gene, Its Influence on the Expression of NRAMP1 and Potential Association With Resistance to Bovine Tuberculosis (2020)
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Holder, A., Garty, R., Elder, C., Mesnard, P., Laquerbe, C., Bartens, M., …Werling, D. (2020). Analysis of Genetic Variation in the Bovine SLC11A1 Gene, Its Influence on the Expression of NRAMP1 and Potential Association With Resistance to Bovine Tuberculosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01420

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is a chronic zoonotic disease where host genetics is thought to contribute to susceptibility or resistance. One of the genes implicated is the SLC11A1 gene, that encodes for the natural resist... Read More about Analysis of Genetic Variation in the Bovine SLC11A1 Gene, Its Influence on the Expression of NRAMP1 and Potential Association With Resistance to Bovine Tuberculosis.

Administration of a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium Does Not Significantly Alter Fecal Microbiota Richness or Diversity in Dogs With and Without Food-Responsive Chronic Enteropathy (2019)
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Pilla, R., Guard, B. C., Steiner, J. M., Gaschen, F. P., Olson, E., Werling, D., …Suchodolski, J. S. (2019). Administration of a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium Does Not Significantly Alter Fecal Microbiota Richness or Diversity in Dogs With and Without Food-Responsive Chronic Enteropathy. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00277

Poly I:C stimulation in-vitro as a marker for an antiviral response in different cell types generated from Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
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Vats, A., Gautam, D., Maharana, J., Singh Chera, J., Kumar, S., Rout, P. K., …De, S. (2020). Poly I:C stimulation in-vitro as a marker for an antiviral response in different cell types generated from Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Molecular Immunology, 121, 136-143

The innate immune system is activated upon virus invasion of a host cell by recognizing viral component, such as dsRNA through specific receptors, resulting in the production of type- I IFNs, which confer an antiviral state within the invaded as well... Read More about Poly I:C stimulation in-vitro as a marker for an antiviral response in different cell types generated from Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).

Live and inactivated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium stimulate similar but distinct transcriptome profiles in bovine macrophages and dendritic cells
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Jensen, K., Gallagher, I. J., Kaliszewska, A., Zhang, C., Abejide, O., Gallagher, M. P., …Glass, E. J. (in press). Live and inactivated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium stimulate similar but distinct transcriptome profiles in bovine macrophages and dendritic cells. Veterinary Research, 47(46), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-016-0328-y

Effect of the synthetic Toll-like receptor ligands LPS, Pam3CSK4, HKLM and FSL-1 in the function of bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophils
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Conejeros, I., Gibson, A. J., Werling, D., Munoz-Caro, T., Hermosilla, C., Taubert, A., & Burgos, R. A. (in press). Effect of the synthetic Toll-like receptor ligands LPS, Pam3CSK4, HKLM and FSL-1 in the function of bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 52(2), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2015.05.012

Toll-like receptors (TLR) are a family of pattern recognition receptors that sense microbial associated molecular patterns (MAMP) such as microbial membrane components and nucleic acids of bacterial origin. Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) are the... Read More about Effect of the synthetic Toll-like receptor ligands LPS, Pam3CSK4, HKLM and FSL-1 in the function of bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophils.