Synthetic Cationic Peptide IDR-1002 and Human Cathelicidin LL37 Modulate the Cell Innate Response but Differentially Impact PRRSV Replication in vitro

by Benoît Levast, Daniel Hogan, Jill van Kessel, Stacy Strom, Stew Walker, Jianzhong Zhu, Jianzhong Zhu, François Meurens, Volker Gerdts, Volker Gerdts
Published 2019-07-01

CpG-Recoding in Zika Virus Genome Causes Host-Age-Dependent Attenuation of Infection With Protection Against Lethal Heterologous Challenge in Mice

by Ivan Trus, Daniel Udenze, Daniel Udenze, Nathalie Berube, Colette Wheler, Marie-Jocelyne Martel, Volker Gerdts, Volker Gerdts, Uladzimir Karniychuk, Uladzimir Karniychuk, Uladzimir Karniychuk
Published 2020-01-01

CD71+ erythroid suppressor cells impair adaptive immunity against Bordetella pertussis

by Afshin Namdar, Petya Koleva, Shima Shahbaz, Stacy Strom, Volker Gerdts, Shokrollah Elahi
Published 2017-08-01

Zika Virus with Increased CpG Dinucleotide Frequencies Shows Oncolytic Activity in Glioblastoma Stem Cells

by Ivan Trus, Nathalie Berube, Peng Jiang, Janusz Rak, Volker Gerdts, Uladzimir Karniychuk
Published 2020-05-01

Caspase-1 Dependent IL-1β Secretion and Antigen-Specific T-Cell Activation by the Novel Adjuvant, PCEP

by Sunita Awate, Nelson F. Eng, Volker Gerdts, Lorne A. Babiuk, George Mutwiri
Published 2014-06-01

Susceptibility of Chicken Embryos, Sheep, Cattle, Pigs, and Chickens to Zika Virus Infection

by Aruna Ambagala, Aruna Ambagala, Thang Truong, Colleen Cottam-Birt, Yohannes Berhane, Yohannes Berhane, Volker Gerdts, Volker Gerdts, Uladzimir Karniychuk, Uladzimir Karniychuk, David Safronetz, Shawn Babiuk, Shawn Babiuk
Published 2020-02-01

Avian antimicrobial peptides: in vitro and in ovo characterization and protection from early chick mortality caused by yolk sac infection

by Thuy Thi Thu Nguyen, Brenda Allan, Colette Wheler, Wolfgang Köster, Volker Gerdts, Arshud Dar
Published 2021-01-01

Persistent Zika virus infection in porcine conceptuses is associated with elevated in utero cortisol levels

by Ivan Trus, Joseph Darbellay, Yanyun Huang, Matthew Gilmour, David Safronetz, Volker Gerdts, Uladzimir Karniychuk
Published 2018-12-01

Porcine neonatal blood dendritic cells, but not monocytes, are more responsive to TLRs stimulation than their adult counterparts.

by Gael Auray, Marina R Facci, Jill van Kessel, Rachelle Buchanan, Lorne A Babiuk, Volker Gerdts
Published 2013-01-01

Vaccination of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) against Chlamydia pecorum using synthetic peptides derived from the major outer membrane protein.

by Sharon Nyari, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Galit Rawlinson, Courtney A Waugh, Andrew Potter, Volker Gerdts, Peter Timms
Published 2018-01-01

Vaccine Potentiation by Combination Adjuvants

by Benoît Levast, Sunita Awate, Lorne Babiuk, George Mutwiri, Volker Gerdts, Sylvia van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk
Published 2014-04-01

Commensal bacteria and expression of two major intestinal chemokines, TECK/CCL25 and MEC/CCL28, and their receptors.

by François Meurens, Mustapha Berri, Richard H Siggers, Benjamin P Willing, Henri Salmon, Andrew G Van Kessel, Volker Gerdts
Published 2007-01-01

Immunization of a wild koala population with a recombinant Chlamydia pecorum Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) or Polymorphic Membrane Protein (PMP) based vaccine: New insights i...

by Marion Desclozeaux, Amy Robbins, Martina Jelocnik, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Jon Hanger, Volker Gerdts, Andrew Potter, Adam Polkinghorne, Peter Timms
Published 2017-01-01

c-di-GMP enhances protective innate immunity in a murine model of pertussis.

by Shokrollah Elahi, Jill Van Kessel, Tedele G Kiros, Stacy Strom, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Mamoru Hyodo, Lorne A Babiuk, Volker Gerdts
Published 2014-01-01

Antibody and Cytokine Responses of Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Vaccinated with Recombinant Chlamydial Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) with Two Different Adjuvants.

by Shahneaz Ali Khan, Marion Desclozeaux, Courtney Waugh, Jon Hanger, Jo Loader, Volker Gerdts, Andrew Potter, Adam Polkinghorne, Kenneth Beagley, Peter Timms
Published 2016-01-01

Subclinical in utero Zika virus infection is associated with interferon alpha sequelae and sex-specific molecular brain pathology in asymptomatic porcine offspring.

by Ivan Trus, Daniel Udenze, Brian Cox, Nathalie Berube, Rebecca E Nordquist, Franz Josef van der Staay, Yanyun Huang, Gary Kobinger, David Safronetz, Volker Gerdts, Uladzimir Karniychuk
Published 2019-11-01

SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Syrian hamster model causes inflammation as well as type I interferon dysregulation in both respiratory and non-respiratory tissues including the heart...

by Magen Ellen Francis, Una Goncin, Andrea Kroeker, Cynthia Swan, Robyn Ralph, Yao Lu, Athema Louise Etzioni, Darryl Falzarano, Volker Gerdts, Steven Machtaler, Jason Kindrachuk, Alyson Ann Kelvin
Published 2021-07-01

Peste des petits ruminants virus tissue tropism and pathogenesis in sheep and goats following experimental infection.

by Thang Truong, Hani Boshra, Carissa Embury-Hyatt, Charles Nfon, Volker Gerdts, Suresh Tikoo, Lorne A Babiuk, Pravesh Kara, Thireshni Chetty, Arshad Mather, David B Wallace, Shawn Babiuk
Published 2014-01-01

Baseline analysis of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides antigens as targets for a DIVA assay for use with a subunit vaccine for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

by Harrison O. Lutta, David Odongo, Arshad Mather, Jose Perez-Casal, Andrew Potter, Volker Gerdts, Emil M. Berberov, Tracy Prysliak, Martina Kyallo, Alexander Kipronoh, Moses Olum, Roger Pelle, Jan Naessens
Published 2020-07-01

Animal board invited review: Risks of zoonotic disease emergence at the interface of wildlife and livestock systems

by François Meurens, Charlotte Dunoyer, Christine Fourichon, Volker Gerdts, Nadia Haddad, Jeroen Kortekaas, Marta Lewandowska, Elodie Monchatre-Leroy, Artur Summerfield, Paul J. Wichgers Schreur, Wim H.M. van der Poel, Jianzhong Zhu
Published 2021-06-01