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Editorial: Irradiation technologies for vaccine development by Wijewardana, Viskam, Ulbert, Sebastian, Cattoli, Giovanni

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Development of a vaccine based on bacteria‐mimicking tumor cells coated with novel engineered toll‐like receptor 2 ligands by Akazawa, Takashi, Ohashi, Toshimitsu, Wijewardana, Viskam, Sugiura, Kikuya, Inoue, Norimitsu

“…For a successful tumor vaccine, it is necessary to develop effective immuno‐adjuvants and identify specific tumor antigens. Tumor cells obtained from surgical…”
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Different Neutralizing Antibody Responses of Heterologous Sera on Sheeppox and Lumpy Skin Disease Viruses by Berguido, Francisco J, Kangethe, Richard Thiga, Shell, Wendy, Wijewardana, Viskam, Grabherr, Reingard, Cattoli, Giovanni, Lamien, Charles Euloge

“…Sheeppox virus (SPPV), goatpox virus (GTPV), and lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) are the three members of the genus within the family and are the etiologic…”
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Evaluation of Immune Responses and Histopathological Effects against Gamma Irradiated Avian Influenza (Sub type H9N2) Vaccine on Broiler Chicken by Javan, Shadi, Motamedi-Sedeh, Farahnaz, Dezfoolian, Mehrouz, Wijewardana, Viskam

“…Abstract Vaccination is a good strategy for the prevention of avian influenza virus. In this research Gamma Irradiated Avian Influenza (Sub type H9N2) Vaccine…”
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African green monkeys avoid SIV disease progression by preventing intestinal dysfunction and maintaining mucosal barrier integrity by Raehtz, Kevin D, Barrenäs, Fredrik, Xu, Cuiling, Busman-Sahay, Kathleen, Valentine, Audrey, Law, Lynn, Ma, Dongzhu, Policicchio, Benjamin B, Wijewardana, Viskam, Brocca-Cofano, Egidio, Trichel, Anita, Gale, Jr, Michael, Keele, Brandon F, Estes, Jacob D, Apetrei, Cristian, Pandrea, Ivona

“…Unlike HIV infection, SIV infection is generally nonpathogenic in natural hosts, such as African green monkeys (AGMs), despite life-long high viral…”
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Vaccination With a Gamma Irradiation-Inactivated African Swine Fever Virus Is Safe But Does Not Protect Against a Challenge by Pikalo, Jutta, Porfiri, Luca, Akimkin, Valerij, Roszyk, Hanna, Pannhorst, Katrin, Kangethe, Richard Thiga, Wijewardana, Viskam, Sehl-Ewert, Julia, Beer, Martin, Cattoli, Giovanni, Blome, Sandra

“…African swine fever (ASF) is among the most devastating viral diseases of pigs and wild boar worldwide. In recent years, the disease has spread alarmingly…”
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Gamma-Irradiated Fowl Cholera Mucosal Vaccine: Potential Vaccine Candidate for Safe and Effective Immunization of Chicken Against Fowl Cholera by Dessalegn, Bereket, Bitew, Molalegne, Asfaw, Destaw, Khojaly, Esraa, Ibrahim, Saddam Mohammed, Abayneh, Takele, Gelaye, Esayas, Unger, Hermann, Wijewardana, Viskam

“…Fowl cholera (FC) caused by is among the serious infectious diseases of poultry. Currently, formalin inactivated FC (FI-FC) vaccine is widely used in Ethiopia…”
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Mucosal Immunity of Major Gastrointestinal Nematode Infections in Small Ruminants Can Be Harnessed to Develop New Prevention Strategies by Palkumbura, P G Ashani S, Mahakapuge, Thilini A N, Wijesundera, R R M K Kavindra, Wijewardana, Viskam, Kangethe, Richard Thiga, Rajapakse, R P V Jayanthe

“…Gastrointestinal parasitic nematode (GIN) infections are the cause of severe losses to farmers in countries where small ruminants such as sheep and goat are…”
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Aerosol vaccination of chicken pullets with irradiated avian pathogenic Escherichia coli induces a local immunostimulatory effect by Bagheri, Sina, Mitra, Taniya, Paudel, Surya, Abdelhamid, Mohamed Kamal, Könnyü, Simon, Wijewardana, Viskam, Kangethe, Richard Thiga, Cattoli, Giovanni, Lyrakis, Manolis, Hess, Claudia, Hess, Michael, Liebhart, Dieter

“…The present study investigated the expression of cytokines and cellular changes in chickens following vaccination with irradiated avian pathogenic (APEC)…”
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SIVagm infection in wild African green monkeys from South Africa: epidemiology, natural history, and evolutionary considerations by Ma, Dongzhu, Jasinska, Anna, Kristoff, Jan, Grobler, J Paul, Turner, Trudy, Jung, Yoon, Schmitt, Christopher, Raehtz, Kevin, Feyertag, Felix, Martinez Sosa, Natalie, Wijewardana, Viskam, Burke, Donald S, Robertson, David L, Tracy, Russell, Pandrea, Ivona, Freimer, Nelson, Apetrei, Cristian

“…Pathogenesis studies of SIV infection have not been performed to date in wild monkeys due to difficulty in collecting and storing samples on site and the lack…”
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Rapid influx and death of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in lymph nodes mediate depletion in acute simian immunodeficiency virus infection by Brown, Kevin N, Wijewardana, Viskam, Liu, Xiangdong, Barratt-Boyes, Simon M

“…Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) are essential innate immune system cells that are lost from the circulation in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected…”
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Low Dose Gamma Irradiation of Trypanosoma evansi Parasites Identifies Molecular Changes That Occur to Repair Radiation Damage and Gene Transcripts That May Be Involved in Establishing Disease in Mice Post-Irradiation by Kangethe, Richard T, Winger, Eva M, Settypalli, Tirumala Bharani K, Datta, Sneha, Wijewardana, Viskam, Lamien, Charles E, Unger, Hermann, Coetzer, Theresa H T, Cattoli, Giovanni, Diallo, Adama

“…The protozoan parasite is responsible for causing surra in a variety of mammalian hosts and is spread by many vectors over a wide geographical area making it…”
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Innate Immune Responses to Wildtype and Attenuated Sheeppox Virus Mediated Through RIG-1 Sensing in PBMC In-Vitro by Chibssa, Tesfaye Rufael, Kangethe, Richard Thiga, Berguido, Francisco J., Settypalli, Tirumala Bharani K., Liu, Yang, Grabherr, Reingard, Loitsch, Angelika, Sassu, Elena Lucia, Pichler, Rudolf, Cattoli, Giovanni, Diallo, Adama, Wijewardana, Viskam, Lamien, Charles Euloge

“…Sheeppox (SPP) is a highly contagious disease of small ruminants caused by sheeppox virus (SPPV) and predominantly occurs in Asia and Africa with significant…”
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Carboxymethyl chitosan bounded iron oxide nanoparticles and gamma‐irradiated avian influenza subtype H9N2 vaccine to development of immunity on mouse and chicken by Motamedi‐sedeh, Farahnaz, Saboorizadeh, Atefeh, Khalili, Iraj, Sharbatdaran, Massomeh, Wijewardana, Viskam, Arbabi, Arash

“…Background Avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H9N2 is a low pathogenic avian influenza virus (LPAIV). Objective This study aims to evaluate the humoral and…”
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Development of effective tumor immunotherapy using a novel dendritic cell-targeting Toll-like receptor ligand by De Silva, Nadeeka H, Akazawa, Takashi, Wijewardana, Viskam, Inoue, Norimitsu, Oyamada, Maremichi, Ohta, Atsuko, Tachibana, Yuki, Wijesekera, Daluthgamage Patsy H, Kuwamura, Mitsuru, Nishizawa, Yasuko, Itoh, Kazuyuki, Izawa, Takeshi, Hatoya, Shingo, Hasegawa, Tetsuya, Yamate, Jyoji, Inaba, Toshio, Sugiura, Kikuya

“…Although dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy shows little toxicity, improvements should be necessary to obtain satisfactory clinical outcome. Using…”
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Preliminary screening of the aqueous extracts of twenty-three different seaweed species in Sri Lanka with in-vitro and in-vivo assays by Premarathna, Amal D., Ranahewa, T.H., Wijesekera, S.K., Harishchandra, D.L., Karunathilake, K.J.K., Waduge, Roshitha N., Wijesundara, R.R.M.K.K., Jayasooriya, Anura P., Wijewardana, Viskam, Rajapakse, R.P.V.J.

“…Seaweeds are an important source of bioactive compounds which are applied in various aspects of medicinal investigations. The present study was conducted to…”
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Effect of ovarian hormones on maturation of dendritic cells from peripheral blood monocytes in dogs by WIJEWARDANA, Viskam, SUGIURA, Kikuya, WIJESEKERA, Daluthgamage Patsy H., HATOYA, Shingo, NISHIMURA, Toshiya, KANEGI, Ryoji, USHIGUSA, Takahiro, INABA, Toshio

“…Previously, we reported that ovarian hormones affect the immune response against E. coli isolated from the dogs affected with pyometra. In order to investigate…”
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Irradiated Non-replicative Lactic Acid Bacteria Preserve Metabolic Activity While Exhibiting Diverse Immune Modulation by Porfiri, Luca, Burtscher, Johanna, Kangethe, Richard T, Verhovsek, Doris, Cattoli, Giovanni, Domig, Konrad J, Wijewardana, Viskam

“…In the recent years, safety concerns regarding the administration of probiotics led to an increased interest in developing inactivated probiotics, also called…”
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Protective Efficacy of H9N2 Avian Influenza Vaccines Inactivated by Ionizing Radiation Methods Administered by the Parenteral or Mucosal Routes by Bortolami, Alessio, Mazzetto, Eva, Kangethe, Richard Thiga, Wijewardana, Viskam, Barbato, Mario, Porfiri, Luca, Maniero, Silvia, Mazzacan, Elisa, Budai, Jane, Marciano, Sabrina, Panzarin, Valentina, Terregino, Calogero, Bonfante, Francesco, Cattoli, Giovanni

“…H9N2 viruses have become, over the last 20 years, one of the most diffused poultry pathogens and have reached a level of endemicity in several countries…”
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Generation of functional platelets from canine induced pluripotent stem cells by Nishimura, Toshiya, Hatoya, Shingo, Kanegi, Ryoji, Sugiura, Kikuya, Wijewardana, Viskam, Kuwamura, Mitsuru, Tanaka, Miyuu, Yamate, Jyoji, Izawa, Takeshi, Takahashi, Masahiro, Kawate, Noritoshi, Tamada, Hiromichi, Imai, Hiroshi, Inaba, Toshio

“…Thrombocytopenia (TTP) is a blood disease common to canines and human beings. Currently, there is no valid therapy for this disease except blood transfusion…”
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