Search Results - "Kennedy, Lorna J"
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Genetic diversity and population structure of African village dogs based on microsatellite and immunity-related molecular markers
Published in PloS one (25-06-2018)“…The village and street dogs represent a unique model of canine populations. In the absence of selective breeding and veterinary care, they are subject mostly…”
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Factors influencing the antibody response of dogs vaccinated against rabies
Published in Vaccine (12-12-2007)“…Abstract Since 2000, there has been a legal requirement in the UK that dogs and cats should have an effective rabies vaccination with demonstrable…”
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A Multi-Breed Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Canine Hypothyroidism Identifies a Shared Major Risk Locus on CFA12
Published in PloS one (11-08-2015)“…Hypothyroidism is a complex clinical condition found in both humans and dogs, thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. In…”
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A selective sweep of >8 Mb on chromosome 26 in the Boxer genome
Published in BMC genomics (01-07-2011)“…Modern dog breeds display traits that are either breed-specific or shared by a few breeds as a result of genetic bottlenecks during the breed creation process…”
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Association of an MHC class II haplotype with increased risk of polymyositis in Hungarian Vizsla dogs
Published in PloS one (14-02-2013)“…A breed-specific polymyositis is frequently observed in the Hungarian Vizsla. Beneficial clinical response to immunosuppressive therapies has been demonstrated…”
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Genetic control of canine leishmaniasis: genome-wide association study and genomic selection analysis
Published in PloS one (25-04-2012)“…The current disease model for leishmaniasis suggests that only a proportion of infected individuals develop clinical disease, while others are asymptomatically…”
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Alleles of the major histocompatibility complex play a role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic acinar atrophy in dogs
Published in Immunogenetics (New York) (01-07-2013)“…Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a disease wherein pancreatic acinar cells fail to synthesize and secrete sufficient amounts of digestive enzymes for…”
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Polymorphisms in the CTLA4 promoter sequence are associated with canine hypoadrenocorticism
Published in Canine medicine and genetics (04-03-2020)“…Canine hypoadrenocorticism is an immune-mediated endocrinopathy that shares both clinical and pathophysiological similarities with Addison's disease in humans…”
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DLA class II alleles and haplotypes are associated with risk for and protection from chronic hepatitis in the English Springer spaniel
Published in PloS one (01-08-2012)“…Chronic hepatitis (CH) is common in dogs in the United Kingdom. An increased prevalence of the disease is seen in the English Springer spaniel (ESS), and this…”
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Impact of historical founder effects and a recent bottleneck on MHC variability in Commander Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus)
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-01-2012)“…Populations of Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) have been isolated on two of the Commander Islands (Bering and Mednyi) from the circumpolar distributed mainland…”
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ISAG/IUIS-VIC Comparative MHC Nomenclature Committee report, 2005
Published in Immunogenetics (01-01-2006)“…Nomenclature for Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes and alleles in species other than humans and mice has historically been overseen either…”
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Dogslife: a web-based longitudinal study of Labrador Retriever health in the UK
Published in BMC veterinary research (18-01-2013)“…Dogslife is the first large-scale internet-based longitudinal study of canine health. The study has been designed to examine how environmental and genetic…”
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Development and optimization of a hybridization technique to type the classical class I and class II B genes of the chicken MHC
Published in Immunogenetics (New York) (01-11-2019)“…The classical class I and class II molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) play crucial roles in immune responses to infectious pathogens and…”
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Comparative MHC nomenclature: report from the ISAG/IUIS-VIC committee 2018
Published in Immunogenetics (New York) (01-11-2018)“…Significant progress has been made over the last decade in defining major histocompatibility complex (MHC) diversity at the nucleotide, allele, haplotype,…”
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DLA class II risk haplotypes for autoimmune diseases in the bearded collie offer insight to autoimmunity signatures across dog breeds
Published in Canine genetics and epidemiology (15-02-2019)“…Primary hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's disease, AD) and symmetrical lupoid onychodystrophy (SLO) are two clinical conditions with an autoimmune etiology that…”
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High Allelic Diversity of Dog Leukocyte Antigen Class II in East Asian Dogs: Identification of New Alleles and Haplotypes
Published in Journal of mammalian evolution (01-09-2021)“…MHC genes are highly polymorphic as antigen presenting molecules for adaptive immune response in vertebrates. In this study, we evaluated the diversity of dog…”
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Breed differences in development of anti-insulin antibodies in diabetic dogs and investigation of the role of dog leukocyte antigen (DLA) genes
Published in Veterinary immunology and immunopathology (15-10-2015)“…Administration of insulin for treatment of diabetes mellitus in dogs can stimulate an immune response, with a proportion of animals developing anti-insulin…”
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Genetics of canine diabetes mellitus: Are the diabetes susceptibility genes identified in humans involved in breed susceptibility to diabetes mellitus in dogs?
Published in The veterinary journal (1997) (01-02-2013)“…Diabetes mellitus is a common endocrinopathy in companion animals, characterised by hyperglycaemia, glycosuria and weight loss, resulting from an absolute or…”
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in major histocompatibility class II haplotypes are associated with potential resistance to inflammatory bowel disease in German shepherd dogs
Published in Veterinary immunology and immunopathology (01-12-2016)“…•This study has identified an association between DLA-type and canine IBD.•The first protective (DLA-DRB1*015:02/DQA1*006:01/DQB1*023:01) DLA haplotypes for…”
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MYD88 and functionally related genes are associated with multiple infections in a model population of Kenyan village dogs
Published in Molecular biology reports (01-12-2016)“…The purpose of this study was to seek associations between immunity-related molecular markers and endemic infections in a model population of African village…”
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