Search Results - "Wyckoff, Christy"
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Quantifying drivers of wild pig movement across multiple spatial and temporal scales
Published in Movement ecology (15-06-2017)“…The movement behavior of an animal is determined by extrinsic and intrinsic factors that operate at multiple spatio-temporal scales, yet much of our knowledge…”
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In utero transmission and tissue distribution of chronic wasting disease-associated prions in free-ranging Rocky Mountain elk
Published in Journal of general virology (01-11-2015)“…The presence of disease-associated prions in tissues and bodily fluids of chronic wasting disease (CWD)-infected cervids has received much investigation, yet…”
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Liposome-siRNA-peptide complexes cross the blood-brain barrier and significantly decrease PrP on neuronal cells and PrP in infected cell cultures
Published in PloS one (14-06-2010)“…Recent advances toward an effective therapy for prion diseases employ RNA interference to suppress PrP(C) expression and subsequent prion neuropathology,…”
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FERAL SWINE CONTACT WITH DOMESTIC SWINE: A SEROLOGIC SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL FOR DISEASE TRANSMISSION
Published in Journal of wildlife diseases (01-04-2009)“…Feral swine (Sus scrofa) are present in 38 of the 50 United States, and their populations continue to expand. Domestic swine are widely regarded as vulnerable…”
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Liposome-siRNA-Peptide Complexes Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier and Significantly Decrease PrPC on Neuronal Cells and PrPRES in Infected Cell Cultures
Published in PloS one (14-06-2010)“…Background Recent advances toward an effective therapy for prion diseases employ RNA interference to suppress PrPC expression and subsequent prion…”
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Complement protein C3 exacerbates prion disease in a mouse model of chronic wasting disease
Published in International immunology (01-12-2013)“…Accumulating evidence shows a critical role of the complement system in facilitating attachment of prions to both B cells and follicular dendritic cells and…”
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Clay Components in Soil Dictate Environmental Stability and Bioavailability of Cervid Prions in Mice
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (23-11-2016)“…Chronic wasting disease (CWD) affects cervids and is the only known prion disease to affect free-ranging wildlife populations. CWD spread continues unabated,…”
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Detection of protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a CWD-endemic area
Published in Prion (01-07-2009)“…Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is the only known transmissible spongiform encephalopathy affecting free-ranging wildlife. Although the exact mode of natural…”
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Livestock grazing is an effective conservation tool for Californian coastal grassland ecology: An eight‐year study on vegetation dynamics
Published in Applied vegetation science (01-07-2023)“…QuestionsLivestock grazing is an expanding land management tool for habitat and fuel management in California grassland ecosystems, despite mixed conclusions…”
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Contact heterogeneities in feral swine: implications for disease management and future research
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-03-2016)“…Contact rates vary widely among individuals in socially structured wildlife populations. Understanding the interplay of factors responsible for this variation…”
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Estimating Prion Adsorption Capacity of Soil by BioAssay of Subtracted Infectivity from Complex Solutions (BASICS)
Published in PloS one (04-03-2013)“…Prions, the infectious agent of scrapie, chronic wasting disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, are misfolded proteins that are highly…”
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De Novo Generation of a Unique Cervid Prion Strain Using Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification
Published in mSphere (01-01-2017)“…Substantial evidence supports the hypothesis that prions are misfolded, infectious, insoluble, and protease-resistant proteins (PrP ) devoid of instructional…”
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DETECTION OF PrPCWD IN FECES FROM NATURALLY EXPOSED ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK (CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI) USING PROTEIN MISFOLDING CYCLIC AMPLIFICATION
Published in Journal of wildlife diseases (01-04-2012)“…Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy affecting captive and free-ranging cervids. Currently, tests for CWD in live animals…”
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Prion Amplification and Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling Refine Detection of Prion Infection
Published in Scientific reports (10-02-2015)“…Prions are unique infectious agents that replicate without a genome and cause neurodegenerative diseases that include chronic wasting disease (CWD) of cervids…”
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A reference genome assembly of the declining tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor
Published in The Journal of heredity (16-03-2023)“…The tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor, is a gregarious species that forms enormous breeding and foraging colonies in wetland and agricultural habitats,…”
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Incunabular Immunological Events in Prion Trafficking
Published in Scientific reports (06-06-2012)“…While prions probably interact with the innate immune system immediately following infection, little is known about this initial confrontation. Here we…”
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Prions in the environment: From the host to the environment and back again
Published 01-01-2013“…In the first chapter of this dissertation we examine the binding capacity of prions to soil by a subtractive infectivity bioassay. We quantified the prion…”
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italic toggle="yes">De Novo /italic> Generation of a Unique Cervid Prion Strain Using Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification
Published in mSphere (01-02-2017)“…ABSTRACT Substantial evidence supports the hypothesis that prions are misfolded, infectious, insoluble, and protease-resistant proteins (PrPRES) devoid of…”
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