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Mastitis Pathogens Mannheimia haemolytica, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus uberis Selectively Alter TLR Gene Transcription in Sheep Mammary Epithelial Cells by Tassi, Riccardo, Todd, Helen, Ballingall, Keith T.

“…Despite the impact of mastitis on sheep production worldwide, the pathogenesis and host response to bacterial infection of the ovine mammary gland are poorly…”
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Antimicrobial resistance in ovine bacteria: A sheep in wolf's clothing? by Silva, Nuno, Phythian, Clare J, Currie, Carol, Tassi, Riccardo, Ballingall, Keith T, Magro, Giada, McNeilly, Tom N, Zadoks, Ruth N

“…To monitor the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), methods for interpretation of susceptibility phenotypes of bacteria are needed. Reference limits…”
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A novel technique for retrospective genetic analysis of the response to vaccination or infection using cell-free DNA from archived sheep serum and plasma by Hanks, Eve, Todd, Helen, Palarea-Albaladejo, Javier, McNeilly, Tom N, Britton, Collette, Ballingall, Keith T

“…Genetic variation is associated with differences in disease resistance and susceptibility among individuals within a population. To date, molecular genetic…”
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MHC class IIa haplotypes derived by high-throughput SNP screening in an isolated sheep population by Dicks, Kara L, Pemberton, Josephine M, Ballingall, Keith T, Johnston, Susan E

“…Abstract Investigating the current evolutionary processes acting on a highly polymorphic gene region, such as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC),…”
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Progress of the Comparative MHC Committee and a summary of the Comparative MHC Workshops held at the 32nd ISAG, Edinburgh and the 9th IVIS, Tokyo, 2010 by Ballingall, Keith T.

“…The comparative MHC Nomenclature Committee was formed following a recommendation by the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) at its meeting in…”
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Intramammary Immunisation Provides Short Term Protection Against Mannheimia haemolytica Mastitis in Sheep by Tassi, Riccardo, Schiavo, Martina, Filipe, Joel, Todd, Helen, Ewing, David, Ballingall, Keith T.

“…Mastitis affects both dairy and meat/wool sheep industries with losses due to reductions in milk quality and quantity, increased treatment costs and restricted…”
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Trans-Species Polymorphism and Selection in the MHC Class II DRA Genes of Domestic Sheep by Ballingall, Keith T, Rocchi, Mara S, McKeever, Declan J, Wright, Frank

“…Highly polymorphic genes with central roles in lymphocyte mediated immune surveillance are grouped together in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in…”
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Non-human lnc-DC orthologs encode Wdnm1-like protein by Dijkstra, Johannes M., Ballingall, Keith T.

“…In a recent publication in Science , Wang et al . found a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expressed in human dendritic cells (DC), which they designated lnc-DC …”
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Large scale transcriptional analysis of MHC class I haplotype diversity in sheep by Vasoya, Deepali, Connelley, Timothy, Tzelos, Thomas, Todd, Helen, Ballingall, Keith T.

“…Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) have been an important component of livestock agricultural production for thousands of years. Preserving genetic diversity within…”
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An official nomenclature for the major histocompatibility complex allele sequences from the domestic goat (Capra hircus) by Ballingall, Keith T., Todd, Helen

“…Official allelic nomenclature and corresponding databases of validated major histocompatibility complex (MHC) alleles from most of the major species of farmed…”
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Non-human lnc-DC orthologs encode Wdnm1-like protein [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Dijkstra, Johannes M, Ballingall, Keith T

“…In a recent publication in Science, Wang et al. found a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expressed in human dendritic cells (DC), which they designated lnc-DC…”
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Contemporary selection on MHC genes in a free‐living ruminant population by Huang, Wei, Dicks, Kara L., Hadfield, Jarrod D., Johnston, Susan E., Ballingall, Keith T., Pemberton, Josephine M., Sorci, Gabriele

“…Genes within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are the most variable identified in vertebrates. Pathogen‐mediated selection is believed to be the main…”
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Structural and functional diversity arising from intra- and inter-haplotype combinations of duplicated DQA and B loci within the ovine MHC by Ballingall, Keith T., Lantier, Isabelle, Todd, Helen, Lantier, Frederic, Rocchi, Mara

“…In sheep, the A and B loci encoding the α and β chains of the classical class II MHC molecules are DRA and DRB and DQA and DQB . Previous analyses described…”
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Characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class IIa haplotypes in an island sheep population by Dicks, Kara L., Pemberton, Josephine M., Ballingall, Keith T.

“…The ovine MHC class IIa is known to consist of six to eight loci located in close proximity on chromosome 20, forming haplotypes that are typically inherited…”
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Associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in a free‐living sheep population by Huang, Wei, Dicks, Kara L., Ballingall, Keith T., Johnston, Susan E., Sparks, Alexandra M., Watt, Kathryn, Pilkington, Jill G., Pemberton, Josephine M.

“…Pathogen‐mediated selection (PMS) is thought to maintain the high level of allelic diversity observed in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II…”
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Allelic nomenclature for the duplicated MHC class II DQ genes in sheep by Ballingall, Keith T., Dicks, Kara, Kyriazopoulou, Panoraia, Herrmann-Hoesing, Lynne

“…The principal MHC class II molecules involved in the presentation of peptides to the antigen specific receptors on CD4 + T cells genes in sheep are derived…”
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Demonstration of early functional compromise of bone marrow derived hematopoietic progenitor cells during bovine neonatal pancytopenia through in vitro culture of bone marrow biopsies by Laming, Eleanor, Melzi, Eleonora, Scholes, Sandra F E, Connelly, Maira, Bell, Charlotte R, Ballingall, Keith T, Dagleish, Mark P, Rocchi, Mara S, Willoughby, Kim

“…Bovine neonatal pancytopenia (BNP) is a syndrome characterised by thrombocytopenia associated with marked bone marrow destruction in calves, widely reported…”
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IPD-MHC: nomenclature requirements for the non-human major histocompatibility complex in the next-generation sequencing era by Maccari, Giuseppe, Robinson, James, Bontrop, Ronald E., Otting, Nel, de Groot, Natasja G., Ho, Chak-Sum, Ballingall, Keith T., Marsh, Steven G. E., Hammond, John A.

“…The IPD-MHC Database is the official repository for non-human MHC sequences, overseen and supported by the Comparative MHC Nomenclature Committee, providing…”
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Novel Dermatitis and Relative Viral Nucleic Acid Tissue Loads in a Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with Systemic Cetacean Morbillivirus Infection by Dagleish, Mark P., Perri, Adele, Maley, Madeleine, Ballingall, Keith T., Baily, Johanna L., Davison, Nicholas J., Brownlow, Andrew C., Rocchi, Mara S.

“…Cetacean morbilliviruses (CeMVs) are significant causes of mortality in many cetacean species in epizootics and smaller outbreaks. Despite the prominence of…”
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Cattle MHC: evolution in action by Ellis, Shirley A, Ballingall, Keith T

“…Because major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes play a major role in the development of acquired immune responses, it is essential to obtain comparative…”
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