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52. Susceptibility of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) to highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1).
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Pasick J, Berhane Y, Embury-Hyatt C, Copps J, Kehler H, Handel K, Babiuk S, Hooper-McGrevy K, Li Y, Mai Le Q, and Lien Phuong S
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- Animal Migration, Animals, Cerebellum pathology, Cerebellum virology, Cerebrum pathology, Cerebrum virology, North America, Virulence, Disease Susceptibility veterinary, Geese virology, Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype pathogenicity, Influenza in Birds virology
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Migratory birds have been implicated in the long-range spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A virus (H5N1) from Asia to Europe and Africa. Although sampling of healthy wild birds representing a large number of species has not identified possible carriers of influenza virus (H5N1) into Europe, surveillance of dead and sick birds has demonstrated mute (Cygnus olor) and whooper (C. cygnus) swans as potential sentinels. Because of concerns that migratory birds could spread H5N1 subtype to the Western Hemisphere and lead to its establishment within free-living avian populations, experimental studies have addressed the susceptibility of several indigenous North American duck and gull species. We examined the susceptibility of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) to HPAI virus (H5N1). Large populations of this species can be found in periagricultural and periurban settings and thus may be of potential epidemiologic importance if H5N1 subtype were to establish itself in North American wild bird populations.
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- 2007
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53. Evaluation of an ovine testis cell line (OA3.Ts) for propagation of capripoxvirus isolates and development of an immunostaining technique for viral plaque visualization.
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Babiuk S, Parkyn G, Copps J, Larence JE, Sabara MI, Bowden TR, Boyle DB, and Kitching RP
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- Animals, Cell Line, Kidney cytology, Male, Sheep, Staining and Labeling, Viral Plaque Assay methods, Virus Cultivation methods, Capripoxvirus physiology, Testis cytology, Viral Plaque Assay veterinary, Virus Cultivation veterinary
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An ovine testis cell line (OA3.Ts) was evaluated and compared with primary lamb kidney (LK) cells for its utility in capripoxvirus propagation and titration. A comparison of OA3.Ts cell growth kinetics and morphology at low (<33) and high (34-36) passage levels indicated a difference in both characteristics. However, viral titers determined in low and high passage OA3.Ts cells were comparable with those obtained using LK cells. Capripoxvirus infection of OA3.Ts and LK cells resulted in a similar cytopathic effect, which allowed for the detection of discrete viral plaques following immunostaining with capripoxvirus-specific antiserum.
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- 2007
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54. Gastrin 1-6 promotes growth of colon cancer cells through non-CCK receptors.
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Copps J, Ahmed S, Murphy RF, and Lovas S
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Colonic Neoplasms etiology, Humans, Peptide Fragments pharmacology, Radioligand Assay, Receptors, Cholecystokinin metabolism, Carcinogens pharmacology, Colonic Neoplasms metabolism, Colonic Neoplasms pathology, Gastrins pharmacology
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Our previous studies have shown that stimulation of proliferation of DLD-1 and HT29 human colonic cancer cells by nanomolar gastrin (G17) and carboxymethyl gastrin (G17Gly) and reversal of growth by micromolar G17 and G17Gly involves binding sites which can neither be CCK1 nor CCK2 receptors; the N terminal fragment, G17(1-12), is sufficient to increase the number of HT-29 cells by binding the higher affinity binding site but is without a suppressing effect through the lower affinity site. In this study with DLD-1 cells, competitive binding using 125I-G17(1-12) showed that G17(1-12) binds both high and low affinity sites, as do G17 and G17Gly. G17(1-6)-NH2, even without the central-to-C-terminal portion of G17, was still able to bind a single site and to promote a dose-dependent increase in cell number at nanomolar concentrations. The results indicate the presence of a non-CCK receptor on human colonic cancer cells which could mediate the tumor-promoting activity of the N-terminal-to-central portion of G17Gly which, unlike G17, is produced by such cells.
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- 2007
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55. The roles of national and provincial diagnostic laboratories in the eradication of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza virus from the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada.
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Pasick J, Robinson J, Hooper-McGrevy K, Wright P, Kitching P, Handel K, Copps J, Ridd D, Kehler H, Hills K, and Cottam-Birt C
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- Animals, Birds virology, British Columbia epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks prevention & control, Disease Outbreaks veterinary, Influenza A virus pathogenicity, Influenza in Birds virology, Laboratories organization & administration
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In February 2004 a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak erupted in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The index farm was a chicken broiler breeder operation comprising two flocks, 24 and 52 wk of age. Birds in the older flock presented with a mild drop in egg production and a small increase in mortality. Pathological specimens taken from the older flock were submitted to the provincial veterinary diagnostic laboratory from which an influenza A virus was isolated. While still under investigation by the provincial veterinary authorities, a spike in mortality was observed in birds belonging to the younger flock. Diagnostic material from both flocks was forwarded to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease. A low-pathogenicity H7N3 virus was detected in the older flock and a novel highly pathogenic H7N3 virus was found in specimens collected from the younger flock. Despite destruction and disposal of birds on the index farm, the virus spread to adjacent farms. Given the high density of poultry operations in the Fraser Valley and the high level of integration amongst industry support services, a total of approximately 17 million chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and speciality birds were put at immediate risk. Despite movement controls the virus spread and established itself in three distinct clusters. To prevent further spread, healthy, marketable birds outside of the surveillance areas were pre-emptively slaughtered. Although highly pathogenic avian influenza is a federal responsibility, the successful control and eradication of this outbreak would not have been possible without the cooperative involvement of federal and provincial diagnostic laboratories. The success of this collaboration was partly responsible for the formation of a national avian influenza laboratory network.
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- 2007
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56. Aberrant innate immune response in lethal infection of macaques with the 1918 influenza virus.
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Kobasa D, Jones SM, Shinya K, Kash JC, Copps J, Ebihara H, Hatta Y, Kim JH, Halfmann P, Hatta M, Feldmann F, Alimonti JB, Fernando L, Li Y, Katze MG, Feldmann H, and Kawaoka Y
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- Animals, Chemokines blood, Cytokines blood, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype genetics, Influenza, Human blood, Lung metabolism, Lung pathology, Lung virology, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Survival Rate, Time Factors, Virus Replication, Immunity, Innate immunology, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype immunology, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype pathogenicity, Influenza, Human immunology, Influenza, Human virology, Macaca fascicularis immunology, Macaca fascicularis virology
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The 1918 influenza pandemic was unusually severe, resulting in about 50 million deaths worldwide. The 1918 virus is also highly pathogenic in mice, and studies have identified a multigenic origin of this virulent phenotype in mice. However, these initial characterizations of the 1918 virus did not address the question of its pathogenic potential in primates. Here we demonstrate that the 1918 virus caused a highly pathogenic respiratory infection in a cynomolgus macaque model that culminated in acute respiratory distress and a fatal outcome. Furthermore, infected animals mounted an immune response, characterized by dysregulation of the antiviral response, that was insufficient for protection, indicating that atypical host innate immune responses may contribute to lethality. The ability of influenza viruses to modulate host immune responses, such as that demonstrated for the avian H5N1 influenza viruses, may be a feature shared by the virulent influenza viruses.
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- 2007
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57. VCD spectroscopic and molecular dynamics analysis of the Trp-cage miniprotein TC5b.
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Copps J, Murphy RF, and Lovas S
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- Circular Dichroism, Peptides chemical synthesis, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Recombinant Proteins chemical synthesis, Thermodynamics, Peptides chemistry, Recombinant Proteins chemistry
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TC5b is a 20 residue polypeptide notable for its compact tertiary structure, a rarity for a short peptide. This structure is due to the "Trp-cage" motif, an association of aromatic, Pro, and Gly residues. The structure of TC5b has been fully characterized by NMR and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) studies, but has never been studied with vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy, which may reveal finer structure. In this study, we examine the VCD spectra of TC5b to characterize the spectroscopic signature of the peptide and its comprising structural elements. TC5b exhibited a negative-positive-negative triplet which is associated with alpha-helical structure in deuterated solvents but also signs of a polyproline II (PPII) helix in the amide I' region. Detection of this element was complicated by the aforementioned triplet form, as well as by an upfrequency shift in PPII helical elements due to the use of the deuterated organic solvents DMSO-d(6) and TFE-d(1). Nevertheless, while ECD spectra showed only alpha-helical structure for TC5b, VCD spectroscopy revealed a more complex structure which was in agreement with NMR results. VCD spectroscopy also showed a rapid conformational change of the peptide at temperatures above 35 degrees C in D(2)O and in aqueous solvent with greater than 75% DMSO-d(6) content. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate this latter effect of DMSO-d(6) on TC5b were conducted in DMSO and 50% (v/v) DMSO in H(2)O. In DMSO unfolding of the peptide was rapid while in 50% (v/v) DMSO in H(2)O the unfolding was more gradual., (Copyright 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2007
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58. Avian pancreatic polypeptide fragments refold to native aPP conformation when combined in solution: a CD and VCD study.
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Copps J, Murphy RF, and Lovas S
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Biopolymers chemistry, Circular Dichroism methods, In Vitro Techniques, Molecular Sequence Data, Pancreatic Polypeptide chemical synthesis, Peptide Fragments chemical synthesis, Peptide Fragments chemistry, Protein Conformation, Protein Folding, Solutions, Pancreatic Polypeptide chemistry
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An equimolar mixture of avian pancreatic polypeptide (aPP) fragments aPP(1-11)-NH2 and Ac-aPP(12-36) had an electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectrum that was similar to that of whole aPP in H2O and even more so in 30% (v/v) trifluoroethanol (TFE) in 15 mM Na2HPO4, but was different from the sum of the spectra of the individual fragments. The vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectrum of the combined fragments in 30% (v/v) TFE in 15 mM Na2HPO4 in D2O was also similar to that of the intact aPP and unlike the sum of the VCD spectra of the fragments. The interaction of these fragments is thus sufficient to support the conformation of whole aPP. This study demonstrates that VCD, in combination with ECD, is useful for the study of protein-protein interactions., (Copyright 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2006
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59. Invasion of the central nervous system in a porcine host by nipah virus.
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Weingartl H, Czub S, Copps J, Berhane Y, Middleton D, Marszal P, Gren J, Smith G, Ganske S, Manning L, and Czub M
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- Animals, Blood-Brain Barrier virology, Brain virology, Central Nervous System virology, Central Nervous System Viral Diseases physiopathology, Central Nervous System Viral Diseases virology, Cerebrospinal Fluid virology, Cranial Nerves virology, Female, Guinea Pigs, Henipavirus Infections virology, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Swine, Trigeminal Ganglion virology, Central Nervous System Viral Diseases veterinary, Henipavirus Infections physiopathology, Nipah Virus pathogenicity, Swine Diseases physiopathology, Swine Diseases virology
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Nipah virus, a newly emerged zoonotic paramyxovirus, infects a number of species. Human infections were linked to direct contact with pigs, specifically with their body fluids. Clinical signs in human cases indicated primarily involvement of the central nervous system, while in pigs the respiratory system was considered the primary virus target, with only rare involvement of the central nervous system. Eleven 5-week-old piglets were infected intranasally, orally, and ocularly with 2.5 x 10(5) PFU of Nipah virus per animal and euthanized between 3 and 8 days postinoculation. Nipah virus caused neurological signs in two out of eleven inoculated pigs. The rest of the pigs remained clinically healthy. Virus was detected in the respiratory system (turbinates, nasopharynx, trachea, bronchus, and lung in titers up to 10(5.3) PFU/g) and in the lymphoreticular system (endothelial cells of blood and lymphatic vessels, submandibular and bronchiolar lymph nodes, tonsil, and spleen with titers up to 10(6) PFU/g). Virus presence was confirmed in the nervous system of both sick and apparently healthy animals (cranial nerves, trigeminal ganglion, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid, with titers up to 10(7.7) PFU/g of tissue). Nipah virus distribution was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. The study presents novel findings indicating that Nipah virus invaded the central nervous system of the porcine host via cranial nerves as well as by crossing the blood-brain barrier after initial virus replication in the upper respiratory tract.
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- 2005
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60. Intersegmental recombination between the haemagglutinin and matrix genes was responsible for the emergence of a highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza virus in British Columbia.
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Pasick J, Handel K, Robinson J, Copps J, Ridd D, Hills K, Kehler H, Cottam-Birt C, Neufeld J, Berhane Y, and Czub S
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- Animals, Birds, British Columbia, Hemagglutinins, Viral chemistry, Hemagglutinins, Viral immunology, Influenza A virus pathogenicity, Influenza in Birds virology, Phylogeny, Viral Matrix Proteins chemistry, Viral Matrix Proteins immunology, Virulence, Disease Outbreaks veterinary, Hemagglutinins, Viral genetics, Influenza A virus genetics, Influenza in Birds epidemiology, Recombination, Genetic, Viral Matrix Proteins genetics
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In February 2004 a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak erupted in British Columbia. Investigations indicated that the responsible HPAI H7N3 virus emerged suddenly from a low pathogenic precursor. Analysis of the haemagglutinin (HA) genes of the low and high pathogenic viruses isolated from the index farm revealed the only difference to be a 21 nt insert at the HA cleavage site of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. It was deduced that this insert most probably arose as a result of non-homologous recombination between the HA and matrix genes of the same virus. Over the course of the outbreak, a total of 37 isolates with, and 3 isolates without inserts were characterized. The events described here appear very similar to those which occurred in Chile in 2002 where the virulence shift of another H7N3 virus was attributed to non-homologous recombination between the HA and nucleoprotein genes.
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- 2005
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61. Immunization with modified vaccinia virus Ankara-based recombinant vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome is associated with enhanced hepatitis in ferrets.
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Weingartl H, Czub M, Czub S, Neufeld J, Marszal P, Gren J, Smith G, Jones S, Proulx R, Deschambault Y, Grudeski E, Andonov A, He R, Li Y, Copps J, Grolla A, Dick D, Berry J, Ganske S, Manning L, and Cao J
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- Animals, Antibodies, Viral blood, Ferrets, Liver pathology, Male, Membrane Glycoproteins genetics, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus, Vaccination, Viral Envelope Proteins genetics, Hepatitis etiology, Membrane Glycoproteins immunology, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus immunology, Vaccines, Synthetic adverse effects, Vaccinia virus immunology, Viral Envelope Proteins immunology, Viral Vaccines adverse effects
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by a newly identified coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is a serious emerging human infectious disease. In this report, we immunized ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) with recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara (rMVA) expressing the SARS-CoV spike (S) protein. Immunized ferrets developed a more rapid and vigorous neutralizing antibody response than control animals after challenge with SARS-CoV; however, they also exhibited strong inflammatory responses in liver tissue. Inflammation in control animals exposed to SARS-CoV was relatively mild. Thus, our data suggest that vaccination with rMVA expressing SARS-CoV S protein is associated with enhanced hepatitis.
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- 2004
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62. Susceptibility of pigs and chickens to SARS coronavirus.
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Weingartl HM, Copps J, Drebot MA, Marszal P, Smith G, Gren J, Andova M, Pasick J, Kitching P, and Czub M
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- Animals, Antibodies, Viral blood, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, Chickens, Chlorocebus aethiops, Cross Reactions, DNA, Viral genetics, Disease Reservoirs, RNA, Viral genetics, RNA, Viral isolation & purification, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus isolation & purification, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus physiology, Species Specificity, Sus scrofa, Vero Cells, Virus Replication, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus pathogenicity
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An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in humans, associated with a new coronavirus, was reported in Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America in early 2003. To address speculations that the virus originated in domesticated animals, or that domestic species were susceptible to the virus, we inoculated 6-week-old pigs and chickens intravenously, intranasally, ocularly, and orally with 106 PFU of SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Clinical signs did not develop in any animal, nor were gross pathologic changes evident on postmortem examinations. Attempts at virus isolation were unsuccessful; however, viral RNA was detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in blood of both species during the first week after inoculation, and in chicken organs at 2 weeks after inoculation. Virus-neutralizing antibodies developed in the pigs. Our results indicate that these animals do not play a role as amplifying hosts for SARS-CoV.
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- 2004
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63. Characterization of experimental equine glanders.
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Lopez J, Copps J, Wilhelmsen C, Moore R, Kubay J, St-Jacques M, Halayko S, Kranendonk C, Toback S, DeShazer D, Fritz DL, Tom M, and Woods DE
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- Animals, Disease Transmission, Infectious veterinary, Glanders epidemiology, Horses, Burkholderia isolation & purification, Glanders microbiology, Horse Diseases microbiology
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Considerable advances in understanding of the disease caused by Burkholderia mallei have been made employing a combination of tools including genetic techniques and animal infection models. The development of small animal models has allowed us to assess the role of a number of putative virulence determinants in the pathogenesis of disease due to B. mallei. Due to the difficulties in performing active immunization studies in small animals, and due to the fact that the horse is the target mammalian species for glanders, we have initiated experimental studies on glanders in horses. Intratracheal deposition of B. mallei produced clinical glanders with organisms being recovered from tissues of infected horses. The model should prove to be of considerable value in our ongoing studies on the pathogenesis and vaccine development for glanders.
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- 2003
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64. Assessment of the pathogenicity of an emu-origin influenza A H5 virus in ostriches (Struthio camelus).
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Clavijo A, Riva J, Copps J, Robinson Y, and Zhou EM
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Ostriches were inoculated with a laboratory-derived highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of emu origin, A/emu/TX/39924/93 (H5N2) clone c1B. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pathogenicity of this isolate for ostriches and assess the ability of routine virological and serological tests to detect infection. Avian influenza virus (AIV) was isolated from cloacal and tracheal swabs from 2 to 12 days post-infection. AIV was also isolated from brain, thymus, eyelid, spleen, ovary/testis, liver, air sac, proventriculum, duodenum, caecal tonsil, heart, pancreas, kidney, nasal gland and lung. Virus isolation was also possible from swabs of the luminal surfaces of the cloaca, jejunum, lower ileum, bursa of Fabricius, trachea and bone marrow. Birds seroconverted as early as 7 days post-infection. This study suggests that HPAI virus of emu origin replicates extensively in infected ostriches without causing significant clinical disease or mortality.
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- 2001
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65. Evaluation of three lines of immunodeficient mice for the study of spontaneous metastatic tumors.
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Gallo-Hendrikx E, Percy D, Copps J, McKeown B, Quinton M, McMillan I, Croy BA, and Wildeman AG
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- Adenocarcinoma pathology, Animals, Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming genetics, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, SCID, Mice, Transgenic, Adenocarcinoma secondary, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology
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Various immunodeficient animals have been used as transplantation recipients for studying the growth of human tumors. We have been assessing the value of immunodeficiencies for the study of naturally arising tumors, using a model system of transgenic mice that spontaneously develop cancer of the pancreas as a result of elastase promoter-driven expression of the large tumor antigen gene of simian virus 40. We previously reported the establishment of transgenic mice that carried the SCID and/or beige mutations, eliminating B- and T-cell function and reducing lytic NK cell activity, respectively. In SCID beige animals, metastasis rates and target organs for metastases were similar to those observed in humans with pancreatic cancer. We describe here analysis of subsequent more highly inbred generations of these mice. The data show that inbreeding has almost negated the value of these immunodeficiencies for enhancing disease progression, and we observe high rates of metastasis even in immunocompetent animals. The data suggest that SCID and beige immunodeficiencies may not always have the same value for the modeling of spontaneous tumors as they do for the study of xenografts.
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- 1999
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66. A new technique of coronary artery ligation: experimental myocardial infarction in rats in vivo with reduced mortality.
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Ye J, Yang L, Sethi R, Copps J, Ramjiawan B, Summers R, and Deslauriers R
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- Analysis of Variance, Animals, Coronary Circulation, Coronary Disease pathology, Female, Heart Ventricles pathology, Heart Ventricles physiopathology, Ligation methods, Ligation mortality, Male, Myocardial Infarction pathology, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Survival Rate, Ventricular Function, Left physiology, Cardiac Surgical Procedures methods, Coronary Disease physiopathology, Myocardial Infarction physiopathology
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In vivo models of myocardial infarction following coronary artery ligation in the rat still suffer from high early mortality and a low rate of success of myocardial infarction. This study investigated the possibility of reducing early mortality and increasing the rate of myocardial infarction by modifications of surgical techniques. Eighteen rats were divided into two groups: normal control (3 rats) and ligation (15 rats). The major modifications of surgical techniques used in this study include: (1) no exteriorization of the heart, (2) ligation of the origins of the branches rather than the main trunk of the left coronary artery, (3) removal of air from the chest after closure, (4) supplying oxygen immediately after extubation. Following surgery, the rats recovered uneventfully and 11 rats were alive after 16 weeks. One rat, with a large myocardial infarction, died 2 h after surgery. Early mortality (during surgery and 1 week after surgery) was 6.7% with a success rate of myocardial infarction of 85%. The left ventricle in the ligation group showed significant dilation relative to normal and sham-operated control hearts (317% of control hearts, p < 0.001). However, myocardial mass did not increase. The average infarct size was 33%. These results demonstrate that a reduction in early mortality and an increased success rate of myocardial infarction can be achieved by modifications of surgical techniques.
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- 1997
67. Enhancement of pancreatic tumor metastasis in transgenic immunodeficient mice.
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Gallo-Hendrikx E, Copps J, Percy D, Croy BA, and Wildeman AG
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- Adenocarcinoma genetics, Animals, Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming biosynthesis, Female, Humans, Male, Mice, Mice, SCID, Mice, Transgenic, Neoplasm Metastasis genetics, Neoplasm Metastasis immunology, Pancreatic Neoplasms genetics, Adenocarcinoma immunology, Adenocarcinoma pathology, Immunocompromised Host, Pancreatic Neoplasms immunology, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology
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Metastatic pancreatic cancer presents a bleak prognosis. Typically, human tumor development has been modelled in animals by generating transgenic mice carrying an oncogene, and metastasis studied by engrafting human tumor cells into immunodeficient mice. We derived mouse lines that spontaneously develop metastatic pancreatic cancer by crossing a transgenic line that develops primary pancreatic adenocarcinomas with lines that are deficient for different lymphocyte components of the immune system. We obtained transgenics carrying the SCID mutation resulting in loss of B and T cell function, those carrying the beige mutation resulting in impaired NK cell and macrophage activity, and those carrying both mutations. Although human graft studies indicated that the SCID mutation permits metastasis of different types of tumor cells, in our mice its effect on metastasis of the pancreatic tumor was minimal. In contrast, the beige mutation resulted in metastasis in almost 90% of the animals. The SCID and beige mutations synergistically resulted in faster growing tumors. Both primary tumors and metastases contained undifferentiated and differentiated cell types. The tissue distribution of metastases was similar to that recorded from human patients with pancreatic cancer, suggesting that mechanisms underlying metastasis in these mice could be similar to those involved in human disease.
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- 1994
68. Diagnostic exercise: meningoencephalitis in Macaca fascicularis.
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Copps J, Jacobs S, Smits B, and Percy D
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- Animals, Brain microbiology, Brain pathology, Cerebral Cortex pathology, Female, Lymphocytes pathology, Macrophages pathology, Male, Meningoencephalitis diagnosis, Meningoencephalitis pathology, Monkey Diseases pathology, Neutrophils pathology, Streptococcus pneumoniae drug effects, Streptococcus pneumoniae isolation & purification, Macaca fascicularis, Meningoencephalitis veterinary, Monkey Diseases diagnosis
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- 1994
69. Diagnostic exercise: sloughing of limb extremities in immunocompromised suckling mice.
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Percy DH, Greenwood JD, Blake B, Copps JS, and Croy BA
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- 1994
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