Professor Eileen Devaney
- Emeritus Professor of Parasite Immunobiology, Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
email:
Eileen.Devaney@glasgow.ac.uk
Urquhart Building Wellcome, Garscube, Glasgow G61 1QH
Research interests
Google Scholar - Publications Profile
Research Interests:
My interests are around nematode biology, in particular filarial nematodes and immunomodulation; understanding anthelmintic resistance in veterinary nematodes; the role of microRNAs in the regulation of nematode gene expression; and Hsp90 as a molecular target in parasites.
Publications
2024
Ndjim, M. et al. (2024) Tuft cell acetylcholine is released into the gut lumen to promote anti-helminth immunity. Immunity, 57(6), 1260-1273.e7. (doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.04.018) (PMID:38744292)
Perez, M. , Laing, R. , Hildersley, K., McNeilly, T., Maizels, R. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2024) A MicroRNA in the Excretory-secretory Products of Helminth Parasites Induces De-differentiation in Epithelial Cells Within Gastrointestinal Organoids. British Society for Parasitology (BSP) Spring Meeting, Liverpool, UK, 2-4 April 2024. (Unpublished)
Antonopoulos, A. et al. (2024) Real-time single base specific detection of the Haemonchus contortus S168T variant associated with levamisole resistance using loop-primer endonuclease cleavage loop mediated isothermal amplification. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 73, 101946. (doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2023.101946) (PMID:38097144) (PMCID:PMC10884526)
2023
Donaldson, J. E. et al. (2023) Direct and indirect effects of fire on parasites in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(12), pp. 2323-2332. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14013)
Campillo Poveda, M. , Britton, C. , Devaney, E. , McNeilly, T. N., Gerbe, F., Jay, P. and Maizels, R. M. (2023) Tuft cells: detectors, amplifiers, effectors and targets in parasite infection. Cells, 12(20), 2477. (doi: 10.3390/cells12202477) (PMID:37887321) (PMCID:PMC10605326)
Britton, C. , Laing, R. , McNeilly, T. N., Perez, M. G. , Otto, T. D. , Hildersley, K. A., Maizels, R. M. , Devaney, E. and Gillan, V. (2023) New technologies to study helminth development and host-parasite interactions. International Journal for Parasitology, 53(8), pp. 393-403. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.11.012) (PMID:36931423)
Perez, M. , Gillan, V. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2023) Parasitic Nematode miRNAs and EVs - Transfection into Organoid Epithelial Cells [Poster]. Challenges, Opportunities, and New Technologies for Functional Validation of Parasitic Nematode Genes, University of Glasgow, Glasgow UK, March 2023.
White, R. et al. (2023) Special considerations for studies of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths: a community‐led roadmap to increase rigour and reproducibility. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 12(1), 12298. (doi: 10.1002/jev2.12298) (PMID:36604533) (PMCID:PMC9816087)
2022
Antonopoulos, A., Doyle, S. R., Bartley, D. J., Morrison, A. A., Kaplan, R., Howell, S., Neveu, C., Busin, V. , Devaney, E. and Laing, R. (2022) Allele specific PCR for a major marker of levamisole resistance in Haemonchus contortus. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 20, pp. 17-26. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2022.08.001) (PMID:35970104) (PMCID:PMC9399269)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2022) Genomic landscape of drug response reveals mediators of anthelmintic resistance. Cell Reports, 41(3), 111522. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111522) (PMID:36261007) (PMCID:PMC9597552)
Perez, M. G. , Gillan, V. , Maitland, K. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2022) microRNAs in Gastrointestinal Nematode-host Interactions [Poster]. Hydra 2022, Hydra, Greece, 28 Aug-2 Sept 2022.
Laing, R. et al. (2022) Transcriptomic analyses implicate neuronal plasticity and chloride homeostasis in ivermectin resistance and response to treatment in a parasitic nematode. PLoS Pathogens, 18(6), e1010545. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010545) (PMID:35696434) (PMCID:PMC9232149)
2021
Hildersley, K. A., Mcneilly, T. N., Gillan, V. , Otto, T. D. , Löser, S., Gerbe, F., Jay, P., Maizels, R. M. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2021) Tuft cells increase following ovine intestinal parasite infections and define evolutionarily conserved and divergent responses. Frontiers in Immunology, 12, 781108. (doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.781108) (PMID:34880874) (PMCID:PMC8646091)
2020
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2020) Genomic and transcriptomic variation defines the chromosome-scale assembly of Haemonchus contortus, a model gastrointestinal worm. Communications Biology, 3, 656. (doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01377-3) (PMID:33168940) (PMCID:PMC7652881)
Britton, C. , Laing, R. and Devaney, E. (2020) Small RNAs in parasitic nematodes - forms and functions. Parasitology, 147(8), pp. 855-864. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182019001689) (PMID:31843030) (PMCID:PMC7284814)
2019
Antonopoulos, A., Busin, V. , Laing, R. and Devaney, E. (2019) Levamisole Resistance Markers in Haemonchus Contortus. BAVP Winter Meeting 2019, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, 5-6 Dec 2019.
Turnbull, F. , Devaney, E. , Morrison, A. A., Laing, R. and Bartley, D. J. (2019) Genotypic characterisation of monepantel resistance in historical and newly derived field strains of Teladorsagia circumcincta. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 11, pp. 59-69. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.10.002) (PMID:31622822) (PMCID:PMC6796645)
Rezansoff, A. M. et al. (2019) The confounding effects of high genetic diversity on the determination and interpretation of differential gene expression analysis in the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus. International Journal for Parasitology, 49(11), pp. 847-858. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.05.012) (PMID:31525371)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2019) Evaluation of DNA extraction methods on individual helminth egg and larval stages for whole-genome sequencing. Frontiers in Genetics, 10, 826. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00826) (PMID:31616465) (PMCID:PMC6764475)
Hodgkinson, J. E. et al. (2019) Refugia and anthelmintic resistance: concepts and challenges. International Journal for Parasitology, 10, pp. 51-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.05.001) (PMID:31125837) (PMCID:PMC6531808)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2019) Population genomic and evolutionary modelling analyses reveal a single major QTL for ivermectin drug resistance in the pathogenic nematode, Haemonchus contortus. BMC Genomics, 20, p. 218. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5592-6) (PMID:30876405) (PMCID:PMC6420744)
Gillan, V. , Simpson, D. M., Kinnaird, J., Maitland, K. , Shiels, B. and Devaney, E. (2019) Characterisation of infection associated microRNA and protein cargo in extracellular vesicles of Theileria annulata infected leukocytes. Cellular Microbiology, 21, e12969. (doi: 10.1111/cmi.12969) (PMID:30370674) (PMCID:PMC6492283)
International Helminth Genomes Consortium, et al. (2019) Comparative genomics of the major parasitic worms. Nature Genetics, 51(1), pp. 163-174. (doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0262-1) (PMID:30397333) (PMCID:PMC6349046)
Marks, N. D. et al. (2019) Profiling microRNAs through development of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus identifies nematode-specific miRNAs that suppress larval development. Scientific Reports, 9, 17594. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54154-6) (PMID:31772378) (PMCID:PMC6879476)
2018
McIntyre, J., Hamer, K., Morrison, A. A., Bartley, D. J., Sargison, N., Devaney, E. and Laing, R. (2018) Hidden in plain sight - multiple resistant species within a strongyle community. Veterinary Parasitology, 258, pp. 79-87. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.06.012) (PMCID:PMC6052248)
Sallé, G. et al. (2018) Transcriptomic profiling of nematode parasites surviving vaccine exposure. International Journal for Parasitology, 48(5), pp. 395-402. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.01.004) (PMID:29534987) (PMCID:PMC5909036)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2018) A genome resequencing-based genetic map reveals the recombination landscape of an outbred parasitic nematode in the presence of polyploidy and polyandry. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10(2), pp. 396-409. (doi: 10.1093/gbe/evx269) (PMID:29267942) (PMCID:PMC5793844)
2017
Gillan, V. et al. (2017) Increased expression of a microRNA correlates with anthelmintic resistance in parasitic nematodes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 7, 452. (doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00452) (PMID:29209592) (PMCID:PMC5701612)
Laing, R. , Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2017) Ivermectin - old drug, new tricks? Trends in Parasitology, 33(6), pp. 463-472. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.02.004) (PMID:28285851) (PMCID:PMC5446326)
Kinnaird, J. H., Singh, M., Gillan, V. , Weir, W. , Calder, E. D.D., Hostettler, I., Tatu, U., Devaney, E. and Shiels, B. R. (2017) Characterization of HSP90 isoforms in transformed bovine leukocytes infected with Theileria annulata. Cellular Microbiology, 19(3), e12669. (doi: 10.1111/cmi.12669) (PMID:27649068) (PMCID:PMC5333456)
Gu, H. Y., Marks, N. D., Winter, A. D., Weir, W. , Tzelos, T., McNeilly, T. N., Britton, C. and Devaney, E. (2017) Conservation of a microRNA cluster in parasitic nematodes and profiling of miRNAs in excretory-secretory products and microvesicles of Haemonchus contortus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(11), e0006056. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006056) (PMID:29145392) (PMCID:PMC5709059)
2016
Myburgh, E. , Ritchie, R., Goundry, A. L., O’Neill, K., Marchesi, F. and Devaney, E. (2016) Attempts to image the early inflammatory response during infection with the lymphatic filarial nematode Brugia pahangi in a mouse model. PLoS ONE, 11(12), e0168602. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168602) (PMID:27992545) (PMCID:PMC5161388)
Laing, R. , Maitland, K. , Lecova, L., Skuce, P. J., Tait, A. and Devaney, E. (2016) Analysis of putative resistance gene loci in UK field populations of Haemonchus contortus after six years of macrocyclic lactone use. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(10), pp. 621-630. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.03.010) (PMID:27179994) (PMCID:PMC5011429)
Bilsland, E., Bean, D. M., Devaney, E. and Oliver, S. G. (2016) Yeast-based high-throughput screens to identify novel compounds active against Brugia malayi. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(1), e0004401. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004401) (PMID:26812604) (PMCID:PMC4727890)
Devaney, E. and Gillan, V. (2016) Hsp90 inhibitors in parasitic nematodes: prospects and challenges. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 16(25), pp. 2805-2811. (doi: 10.2174/1568026616666160413140502) (PMID:27072703)
2015
Britton, C. , Winter, A. D., Marks, N. D., Gu, H., McNeilly, T. N., Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2015) Application of small RNA technology for improved control of parasitic helminths. Veterinary Parasitology, 212(1-2), pp. 47-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.06.003) (PMID:26095949) (PMCID:PMC4535316)
Winter, A. D. et al. (2015) A novel member of the let-7 microRNA family is associated with developmental transitions in filarial nematode parasites. BMC Genomics, 16, 331. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1536-y) (PMID:25896062) (PMCID:PMC4428239)
2014
Devaney, E. (2014) Parasites, probiotics, and piglets: a novel approach to IBD. Molecular Therapy, 22(10), pp. 1722-1723. (doi: 10.1038/mt.2014.168)
Britton, C. , Winter, A. D., Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2014) microRNAs of parasitic helminths – identification, characterization and potential as drug targets. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 4(2), pp. 85-94. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2014.03.001)
Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2014) Nematode Hsp90: highly conserved but functionally diverse. Parasitology, 141(9), pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182014000304) (PMID:24721950)
Gillan, V. , O’Neill, K., Maitland, K. , Sverdrup, F. M. and Devaney, E. (2014) A repurposing strategy for Hsp90 inhibitors demonstrates their potency against filarial nematodes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(2), e2699. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002699) (PMID:24551261) (PMCID:PMC3923716)
2013
Devaney, E. (2013) Genetic and genomic approaches to understanding drug resistance in parasites. Parasitology, 140(12), pp. 1451-1454. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182013001212)
Laing, R. et al. (2013) The genome and transcriptome of haemonchus contortus, a key model parasite for drug and vaccine discovery. Genome Biology, 14(8), R88. (doi: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-8-r88) (PMID:23985316) (PMCID:PMC4054779)
2012
Winter, A.D., Weir, W. , Hunt, M., Berriman, M., Gilleard, J.S., Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2012) Diversity in parasitic nematode genomes: the microRNAs of Brugia pahangi and Haemonchus contortus are largely novel. BMC Genomics, 13, p. 4. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-4)
2011
Devaney, E. (2011) Thermobiotic survival. In: Perry, R.N. and Wharton, D.A. (eds.) Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival. CABI: Wallingford, UK, pp. 233-255. ISBN 9781845936877 (doi: 10.1079/9781845936877.0233)
2010
Devaney, E.A. , Winter, A.D. and Britton, C. (2010) microRNAs: a role in drug resistance in parasitic nematodes? Trends in Parasitology, 26(9), pp. 428-433. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.05.003) (PMID:20541972) (PMCID:PMC2930248)
Taldone, T., Gillan, V., Sun, W., Rodina, A., Patel, P., Maitland, K., O'Neill, K., Chiosis, G. and Devaney, E. (2010) Assay strategies for the discovery and validation of therapeutics targeting Brugia pahangi Hsp90. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(6), e714. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000714) (PMID:20559560) (PMCID:PMC2886105)
2009
Gillan, V. , Maitland, K. , McCormack, G., Him, N. A.I.I. and Devaney, E. (2009) Functional genomics of hsp-90 in parasitic and free-living nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology, 39(10), pp. 1071-1081. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.024)
McNeilly, T.N., Devaney, E. and Matthews, J.B. (2009) Teladorsagia circumcincta in the sheep abomasum: defining the role of dendritic cells in T cell regulation and protective immunity. Parasite Immunology, 31(7), pp. 347-356. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01110.x)
Him, N.A.I.I.N., Gillan, V., Emes, R.D., Maitland, K. and Devaney, E. (2009) Hsp-90 and the biology of nematodes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9(254), pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-254) (PMID:19849843) (PMCID:PMC2771018)
2006
Devaney, E. (2006) Thermoregulation in the life cycle of nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology, 36(6), pp. 641-649. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.006)
2005
Boitelle, A., Di Lorenzo, C., Scales, H.E. , Devaney, E. , Kennedy, M.W., Garside, P. and Lawrence, C.E. (2005) Contrasting effects of acute and chronic gastro-intestinal helminth infections on a heterologous immune response in a transgenic adoptive transfer model. International Journal for Parasitology, 35(7), pp. 765-775. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.02.013) (PMID:15893319)
Devaney, E. , ONeill, K., Harnett, W., Whitesell, L. and Kinnaird, J. (2005) Hsp90 is essential in the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. International Journal for Parasitology, 35(6), pp. 627-636. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.01.007)
Devaney, E. (2005) The end of the line for hookworm? An update on vaccine development. PLoS Medicine, 2(10), e327. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020327)
Gillan, V. , Lawrence, R.A. and Devaney, E. (2005) B cells play a regulatory role in mice infected with the L3 of Brugia pahangi. International Immunology, 17, pp. 373-382. (doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxh217)
Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2005) Regulatory T cells modulate Th2 responses induced by Brugia pahangi third-stage larvae. Infection and Immunity, 73, pp. 4034-4042. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.73.7.4034-4042.2005)
2004
Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2004) Mosquito transmission modulates the immune response in mice infected with the L3 of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 26, pp. 359-363.
Kinnaird, J., Maitland, K., Walker, G., Wheatley, I., Thompson, F. and Devaney, E. (2004) HRP-2, a heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein, is essential for embryogenesis and oogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental Cell Research, 298, pp. 418-430. (doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.04.043)
Stepek, G., Houston, K., Goodridge, H., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (2004) Stage-specific and species-specific differences in the production of the mRNA and protein for the filarial nematode secreted product, ES-62. Parasitology, 128, pp. 91-98. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182003004220)
2003
Boitelle, A., Scales, H. E. , Di Lorenzo, C., Devaney, E. , Kennedy, M. W. , Garside, P. and Lawrence, C. E. (2003) Investigating the impact of helminth products on immune responsiveness using a TCR transgenic adoptive transfer system. Journal of Immunology, 171(1), pp. 447-454. (doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.1.447) (PMID:12817029)
OConnor, R., Jenson, J., Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (2003) An enduring association? Microfilariae and immunosupression in lymphatic filariasis. Trends in Parasitology, 19(12), pp. 565-570. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2003.09.017)
Walker, G., Thompson, F., Brawley, A., Scanlon, T. and Devaney, E. (2003) Heat shock factor functions at the convergence of the stress response and developmental pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans. FASEB Journal, 17, p. 1960. (doi: 10.1096/fj.03-0164fje)
2002
Emes, R., Thompson, F., Moore, J., Zang, X. and Devaney, E. (2002) Cloning and characterisation of mmc-1, a microfilarial-specific gene, from Brugia pahangi. International Journal for Parasitology, 32(4), pp. 415-424.
Akue, J. and Devaney, E. (2002) Transmission intensity affects both antigen-specific and nonspecific T-cell proliferative responses in Loa loa infection. Infection and Immunity, 70, pp. 1475-1480. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.3.1475-1480.2002)
Akue, J., Devaney, E. , Wahl, G. and Moukana, H. (2002) Expression of filarial-specific IgG subclasses under different transmission intensities in a region endemic for loiasis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 66, pp. 245-250.
Balmer, P. and Devaney, E. (2002) NK T cells are a source of early interleukin-4 following infection with third-stage larvae of the Filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Infection and Immunity, 70, pp. 2215-2219. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2215-2219.2002)
Devaney, E., Gillan, V. , Wheatley, I., Jenson, J., OConnor, R. and Balmer, P. (2002) Interleukin-4 influences the production of microfilariae in a mouse model of Brugia infection. Parasite Immunology, 24, pp. 29-37.
Jenson, J., OConnor, R., Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (2002) Infection with Brugia microfilariae induces apoptosis of CD4(+) T lymphocytes: a mechanism of immune unresponsiveness in filariasis. European Journal of Immunology, 32, pp. 858-867.
OConnor, R. and Devaney, E. (2002) Nitric oxide limits the expansion of antigen-specific T cells in mice infected with the microfilariae of Brugia pahangi. Infection and Immunity, 70, pp. 5997-6004. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.5997-6004.2002)
Stepek, G., Auchie, M., Tate, R., Watson, K., Russell, D., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (2002) Expression of the filarial nematode phosphorylcholine-containing glycoprotein, ES62, is stage specific. Parasitology, 125, pp. 155-164. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182002001920)
Thompson, F., Britton, C. , Wheatley, I., Maitland, K., Walker, G., Anant, S., Davidson, N. and Devaney, E. (2002) Biochemical and molecular characterization of two cytidine deaminases in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical Journal, 365, pp. 99-107.
2001
Devaney, E. and Yazdanbakhsh, M. (2001) Prospects and challenges in lymphatic filariasis. Parasite Immunology, 23(7), pp. 323-325. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00393.x)
Hunter, S., Thompson, F., Tetley, L. and Devaney, E. (2001) Temperature is a cue for gene expression in the post-infective L3 of the parasitic nematode Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 112, pp. 1-9.
Lawrence, R. and Devaney, E. (2001) Lymphatic filariasis: parallels between the immunology of infection in humans and mice. Parasite Immunology, 23, pp. 353-361.
Thompson, F., Cockroft, A., Wheatley, I., Britton, C. and Devaney, E. (2001) Heat shock and developmental expression of hsp83 in the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. European Journal of Biochemistry, 268, pp. 5808-5815.
2000
O'Connor, R.A., Jenson, J.S. and Devaney, E. (2000) NO contributes to proliferative suppression in a murine model of filariasis. Infection and Immunity, 68(11), pp. 6101-6107.
Devaney, E. and Osborne, J. (2000) The third-stage larva (L3) of Brugia: its role in immune modulation and protective immunity. Microbes and Infection, 2(11), pp. 1363-71. (doi: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)01290-9) (PMID:11018453)
Moore, J., Tetley, L. and Devaney, E. (2000) Identification of abundant mRNAs from the third stage larvae of the parasitic nematode, ostertagia ostertagi. Biochemical Journal, 347(3), pp. 763-770.
1999
Moore, J. and Devaney, E. (1999) Cloning and characterization of two nuclear receptors from the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Biochemical Journal, 344(1), pp. 245-252.
Hunter, S.J., Martin, S.A., Thompson, F.J., Tetley, L. and Devaney, E. (1999) The isolation of differentially expressed cDNA clones from the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Parasitology, 119(2), pp. 189-198. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182099004576)
Lewis, E., Hunter, S. J., Tetley, L., Nunes, C. P., Bazzicalupo, P. and Devaney, E. (1999) cut-1-like genes are present in the filarial nematodes, Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi, and, as in other nematodes, code for components of the cuticle. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 101(1-2), pp. 173-83. (doi: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00070-5) (PMID:10413052)
Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (1999) Interleukin-10 and antigen-presenting cells actively suppress Th1 cells in BALB/c mice infected with the filarial parasite Brugia pahangi. Infection and Immunity, 67(4), pp. 1599-1605. (PMID:10084992) (PMCID:PMC96502)
1998
Pennock, J. L., Behnke, J. M., Bickle, Q. D., Devaney, E. , Grencis, R. K., Isaac, R. E., Joshua, G. W.P., Selkirk, M. E., Zhang, Y. and Meyer, D. J. (1998) Rapid purification and characterization of L-dopachrome-methyl ester tautomerase (macrophage-migration-inhibitory factor) from Trichinella spiralis, Trichuris muris and Brugia pahangi. Biochemical Journal, 335(3), pp. 495-498. (doi: 10.1042/bj3350495) (PMID:9794786) (PMCID:PMC1219807)
Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (1998) The L3 of Brugia induces a Th2-polarized response following activation of an IL-4-producing CD4-CD8- alphabeta T cell population. International Immunology, 10(10), pp. 1583-1590. (doi: 10.1093/intimm/10.10.1583) (PMID:9796925)
Akue, J.P., Hommel, M. and Devaney, E. (1998) IgG subclass recognition of Loa loa antigens and their correlation with clinical status in individuals from Gabon. Parasite Immunology, 20(8), pp. 387-393. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00172.x) (PMID:9767604)
1997
Anant, S., Martin, S. A.M., Yu, H., MacGinnitie, A. J., Devaney, E. and Davidson, N. O. (1997) A cytidine deaminase expressed in the post-infective L3 stage of the filarial nematode, Brugia pahangi, has a novel RNA-binding activity. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 88(1-2), pp. 105-114. (doi: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00083-2) (PMID:9274872)
Nor, Z. M., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (1997) The use of inhibitors of N-linked glycosylation and oligosaccharide processing to produce monoclonal antibodies against non-phosphorylcholine epitopes of Brugia pahangi excretory-secretory products. Parasitology Research, 83(8), pp. 813-815. (doi: 10.1007/s004360050345) (PMID:9342749)
Nor, Z.M., Houston, K.M., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (1997) Variation in the nature of attachment of phosphorylcholine to excretory–secretory products of adult Brugia pahangi. Parasitology, 114(3), pp. 257-262. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182096008402) (PMID:9139257)
Akue, J. P., Hommel, M. and Devaney, E. (1997) High levels of parasite-specific IgG1 correlate with the amicrofilaremic state in Loa loa infection. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 175(1), pp. 158-163. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/175.1.158) (PMID:8985211)
Azazy, A. A., Chance, M. L. and Devaney, E. (1997) A time-course study of circulating antigen and parasite-specific antibody in cotton rats infected with Leishmania donovani. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 91(2), pp. 153-162. (doi: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813125) (PMID:9307657)
1996
Martin, S. A.M., Hunter, S. J., Thompson, F. J. and Devaney, E. (1996) Stage specific gene expression in the post-infective L3 of the filarial nematode, Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 79(1), pp. 109-112. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02637-0) (PMID:8844678)
Akue, J.P., Hommel, M. and Devaney, E. (1996) Markers of Loa loa infection in permanent residents of a loiasis endemic area of Gabon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90(2), pp. 115-118. (doi: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90105-4) (PMID:8761565)
1995
Martin, S. A.M., Thompson, F. J. and Devaney, E. (1995) Erratum to “The construction of spliced leader cDNA libraries from the filarial nematodeBrugia pahangi” [Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 70 (1995) 241–245]. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 75(1), p. 129. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02535-9) (PMID:8720184)
Martin, S. A.M., Thompson, F. J. and Devaney, E. (1995) The construction of spliced leader cDNA libraries from the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 70(1-2), pp. 241-245. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)00032-V) (PMID:7637712)
1994
Cox-Singh, J., Paine, M.J., Martin, S.A. and Devaney, E. (1994) Stage specific differences in steady state levels of mRNA encoding the major surface glycoprotein of Brugia pahangi. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology : Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 45(4), pp. 352-4. (PMID:7716403)
Akue, J.P., Egwang, T.G. and Devaney, E. (1994) High levels of parasite-specific IgG4 in the absence of microfilaremia in Loa loa infection. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology : Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 45(3), pp. 246-8. (PMID:7899797)
Bancroft, A.J., Grenci, R.K., Else, K.J. and Devaney, E. (1994) The role of CD4 cells in protective immunity to Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 16(7), pp. 385-387. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1994.tb00364.x) (PMID:7970877)
Nageswaran, C., Craig, P.S. and Devaney, E. (1994) Coproantigen detection in rats experimentally infected with Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology, 108(03), pp. 335-342. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182000076174) (PMID:8022659)
Azazy, A.A., Devaney, E. and Chance, M.L. (1994) A PEG-ELISA for the detection of Leishmania donovani antigen in circulating immune complexes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 88(1), pp. 62-66. (doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90502-9) (PMID:7512290)
1993
Devaney, E. , Bancroft, A. and Egan, A. (1993) The effect of irradiation on the third stage larvae of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 15(7), pp. 423-427. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1993.tb00627.x) (PMID:8414645)
Devaney, E. and Lewis, E. (1993) Temperature-induced refractoriness of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to infection with the filaria Brugia pahangi. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 7(3), pp. 297-298. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00693.x) (PMID:8369568)
Bancroft, A. and Devaney, E. (1993) The analysis of the humoral response of the BALB/c mouse immunized with radiation attenuated third stage larvae of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 15(3), pp. 153-162. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1993.tb00595.x) (PMID:8316409)
Bancroft, A.J., Grencis, R.K., Else, K.J. and Devaney, E. (1993) Cytokine production in BALB/c mice immunized with radiation attenuated third stage larvae of the filarial nematode, Brugia pahangi. Journal of Immunology, 150(4), pp. 1395-1402. (PMID:8432985)
1992
Jecock, R. M. and Devaney, E. (1992) Expression of small heat shock proteins by the third-stage larva of Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 56(2), pp. 219-226. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90171-F) (PMID:1484547)
1991
Devaney, E. and Jecock, R. M. (1991) The expression of the Mr 30 000 antigen in the third stage larvae of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 13(1), pp. 75-87. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1991.tb00264.x) (PMID:1673024)
1990
Devaney, E. , Betschart, B. and Rudin, W. (1990) The analysis of the 30 kDa antigen of Brugia pahangi and its interaction with the cuticle: a short review. Acta Tropica, 47(5-6), pp. 365-372. (doi: 10.1016/0001-706X(90)90037-Z) (PMID:1978536)
1989
Howell, K. E., Devaney, E. and Gruenberg, J. (1989) Subcellular fractionation of tissue culture cells. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 14(2), pp. 44-47. (doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(89)90040-6) (PMID:2705208)
1988
Devaney, E. (1988) The biochemical and immunochemical characterisation of the 30 kilodalton surface antigen of Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 27(1), pp. 83-92. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(88)90027-8) (PMID:3344000)
1987
Howell, K.E., Reuter-Carlson, U., Devaney, E. , Luzio, J.P. and Fuller, S.D. (1987) One antigen, one gold? A quantitative analysis of immunogold labeling of plasma membrane 5'-nucleotidase in frozen thin sections. European Journal of Cell Biology, 44(2), pp. 318-27. (PMID:2826169)
Devaney, E. (1987) Preliminary studies on the characterization of the Mr30000 surface antigen of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 9(3), pp. 401-405. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1987.tb00518.x) (PMID:2439975)
1985
Devaney, E. and Howell, K. E. (1985) Immuno-isolation of a plasma membrane fraction from the Fao cell. EMBO Journal, 4(12), pp. 3123-3130. (PMID:4092679) (PMCID:PMC554631)
Devaney, E. , Howells, R.E. and Smith, G. (1985) Brugia pahangi in the BALB/C mouse: a model for testing filaricidal compounds. Journal of Helminthology, 59(2), pp. 95-9. (PMID:3843374)
Devaney, E. (1985) Lectin-binding characteristics of Brugia pahangi microfilariae. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology : Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 36(1), pp. 25-28. (PMID:3890118)
Devaney, E. (1985) Dirofilaria immitis: the moulting of the infective larva in vitro. Journal of Helminthology, 59(1), pp. 47-50. (PMID:3989262)
1984
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1984) The microfilaricidal activity of ivermectin in vitro and in vivo. Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie, 35(1), pp. 47-49. (PMID:6546818)
1983
Howells, R.E., Devaney, E. , Smith, G. and Hedges, T. (1983) The susceptibility of BALB/C and other inbred mouse strains to Brugia pahangi. Acta Tropica, 40(4), pp. 341-350. (PMID:6142632)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1983) The differentiation of microfilariae of Onchocerca lienalis in vitro. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 77(1), pp. 103-105. (PMID:6882051)
1981
Devaney, E. (1981) The development of Dirofilaria immitis in cultured malpighian tubules. Acta Tropica, 38(3), pp. 251-60. (PMID:6118033)
Howells, R.E., Tinsley, J., Devaney, E. and Smith, G. (1981) The effect of 5-fluorouracil and 5-fluorocytosine on the development of the filarial nematodes Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis. Acta Tropica, 38(3), pp. 289-304. (PMID:6118037)
1979
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1979) The development of exsheathed microfilariae of Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi in mosquito cell lines. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 73(4), pp. 387-392. (PMID:573990)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1979) The exsheathment of Brugia pahangi microfilariae under controlled conditions in vitro. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 73(3), pp. 227-233. (PMID:573989)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1979) Culture systems for the maintenance and development of microfilariae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 73(2), pp. 139-144. (PMID:496468)
Articles
Ndjim, M. et al. (2024) Tuft cell acetylcholine is released into the gut lumen to promote anti-helminth immunity. Immunity, 57(6), 1260-1273.e7. (doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.04.018) (PMID:38744292)
Antonopoulos, A. et al. (2024) Real-time single base specific detection of the Haemonchus contortus S168T variant associated with levamisole resistance using loop-primer endonuclease cleavage loop mediated isothermal amplification. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 73, 101946. (doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2023.101946) (PMID:38097144) (PMCID:PMC10884526)
Donaldson, J. E. et al. (2023) Direct and indirect effects of fire on parasites in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(12), pp. 2323-2332. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14013)
Campillo Poveda, M. , Britton, C. , Devaney, E. , McNeilly, T. N., Gerbe, F., Jay, P. and Maizels, R. M. (2023) Tuft cells: detectors, amplifiers, effectors and targets in parasite infection. Cells, 12(20), 2477. (doi: 10.3390/cells12202477) (PMID:37887321) (PMCID:PMC10605326)
Britton, C. , Laing, R. , McNeilly, T. N., Perez, M. G. , Otto, T. D. , Hildersley, K. A., Maizels, R. M. , Devaney, E. and Gillan, V. (2023) New technologies to study helminth development and host-parasite interactions. International Journal for Parasitology, 53(8), pp. 393-403. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.11.012) (PMID:36931423)
White, R. et al. (2023) Special considerations for studies of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths: a community‐led roadmap to increase rigour and reproducibility. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 12(1), 12298. (doi: 10.1002/jev2.12298) (PMID:36604533) (PMCID:PMC9816087)
Antonopoulos, A., Doyle, S. R., Bartley, D. J., Morrison, A. A., Kaplan, R., Howell, S., Neveu, C., Busin, V. , Devaney, E. and Laing, R. (2022) Allele specific PCR for a major marker of levamisole resistance in Haemonchus contortus. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 20, pp. 17-26. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2022.08.001) (PMID:35970104) (PMCID:PMC9399269)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2022) Genomic landscape of drug response reveals mediators of anthelmintic resistance. Cell Reports, 41(3), 111522. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111522) (PMID:36261007) (PMCID:PMC9597552)
Laing, R. et al. (2022) Transcriptomic analyses implicate neuronal plasticity and chloride homeostasis in ivermectin resistance and response to treatment in a parasitic nematode. PLoS Pathogens, 18(6), e1010545. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010545) (PMID:35696434) (PMCID:PMC9232149)
Hildersley, K. A., Mcneilly, T. N., Gillan, V. , Otto, T. D. , Löser, S., Gerbe, F., Jay, P., Maizels, R. M. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2021) Tuft cells increase following ovine intestinal parasite infections and define evolutionarily conserved and divergent responses. Frontiers in Immunology, 12, 781108. (doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.781108) (PMID:34880874) (PMCID:PMC8646091)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2020) Genomic and transcriptomic variation defines the chromosome-scale assembly of Haemonchus contortus, a model gastrointestinal worm. Communications Biology, 3, 656. (doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01377-3) (PMID:33168940) (PMCID:PMC7652881)
Britton, C. , Laing, R. and Devaney, E. (2020) Small RNAs in parasitic nematodes - forms and functions. Parasitology, 147(8), pp. 855-864. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182019001689) (PMID:31843030) (PMCID:PMC7284814)
Turnbull, F. , Devaney, E. , Morrison, A. A., Laing, R. and Bartley, D. J. (2019) Genotypic characterisation of monepantel resistance in historical and newly derived field strains of Teladorsagia circumcincta. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 11, pp. 59-69. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.10.002) (PMID:31622822) (PMCID:PMC6796645)
Rezansoff, A. M. et al. (2019) The confounding effects of high genetic diversity on the determination and interpretation of differential gene expression analysis in the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus. International Journal for Parasitology, 49(11), pp. 847-858. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.05.012) (PMID:31525371)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2019) Evaluation of DNA extraction methods on individual helminth egg and larval stages for whole-genome sequencing. Frontiers in Genetics, 10, 826. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00826) (PMID:31616465) (PMCID:PMC6764475)
Hodgkinson, J. E. et al. (2019) Refugia and anthelmintic resistance: concepts and challenges. International Journal for Parasitology, 10, pp. 51-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.05.001) (PMID:31125837) (PMCID:PMC6531808)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2019) Population genomic and evolutionary modelling analyses reveal a single major QTL for ivermectin drug resistance in the pathogenic nematode, Haemonchus contortus. BMC Genomics, 20, p. 218. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5592-6) (PMID:30876405) (PMCID:PMC6420744)
Gillan, V. , Simpson, D. M., Kinnaird, J., Maitland, K. , Shiels, B. and Devaney, E. (2019) Characterisation of infection associated microRNA and protein cargo in extracellular vesicles of Theileria annulata infected leukocytes. Cellular Microbiology, 21, e12969. (doi: 10.1111/cmi.12969) (PMID:30370674) (PMCID:PMC6492283)
International Helminth Genomes Consortium, et al. (2019) Comparative genomics of the major parasitic worms. Nature Genetics, 51(1), pp. 163-174. (doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0262-1) (PMID:30397333) (PMCID:PMC6349046)
Marks, N. D. et al. (2019) Profiling microRNAs through development of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus identifies nematode-specific miRNAs that suppress larval development. Scientific Reports, 9, 17594. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54154-6) (PMID:31772378) (PMCID:PMC6879476)
McIntyre, J., Hamer, K., Morrison, A. A., Bartley, D. J., Sargison, N., Devaney, E. and Laing, R. (2018) Hidden in plain sight - multiple resistant species within a strongyle community. Veterinary Parasitology, 258, pp. 79-87. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.06.012) (PMCID:PMC6052248)
Sallé, G. et al. (2018) Transcriptomic profiling of nematode parasites surviving vaccine exposure. International Journal for Parasitology, 48(5), pp. 395-402. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.01.004) (PMID:29534987) (PMCID:PMC5909036)
Doyle, S. R. et al. (2018) A genome resequencing-based genetic map reveals the recombination landscape of an outbred parasitic nematode in the presence of polyploidy and polyandry. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10(2), pp. 396-409. (doi: 10.1093/gbe/evx269) (PMID:29267942) (PMCID:PMC5793844)
Gillan, V. et al. (2017) Increased expression of a microRNA correlates with anthelmintic resistance in parasitic nematodes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 7, 452. (doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00452) (PMID:29209592) (PMCID:PMC5701612)
Laing, R. , Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2017) Ivermectin - old drug, new tricks? Trends in Parasitology, 33(6), pp. 463-472. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.02.004) (PMID:28285851) (PMCID:PMC5446326)
Kinnaird, J. H., Singh, M., Gillan, V. , Weir, W. , Calder, E. D.D., Hostettler, I., Tatu, U., Devaney, E. and Shiels, B. R. (2017) Characterization of HSP90 isoforms in transformed bovine leukocytes infected with Theileria annulata. Cellular Microbiology, 19(3), e12669. (doi: 10.1111/cmi.12669) (PMID:27649068) (PMCID:PMC5333456)
Gu, H. Y., Marks, N. D., Winter, A. D., Weir, W. , Tzelos, T., McNeilly, T. N., Britton, C. and Devaney, E. (2017) Conservation of a microRNA cluster in parasitic nematodes and profiling of miRNAs in excretory-secretory products and microvesicles of Haemonchus contortus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(11), e0006056. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006056) (PMID:29145392) (PMCID:PMC5709059)
Myburgh, E. , Ritchie, R., Goundry, A. L., O’Neill, K., Marchesi, F. and Devaney, E. (2016) Attempts to image the early inflammatory response during infection with the lymphatic filarial nematode Brugia pahangi in a mouse model. PLoS ONE, 11(12), e0168602. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168602) (PMID:27992545) (PMCID:PMC5161388)
Laing, R. , Maitland, K. , Lecova, L., Skuce, P. J., Tait, A. and Devaney, E. (2016) Analysis of putative resistance gene loci in UK field populations of Haemonchus contortus after six years of macrocyclic lactone use. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(10), pp. 621-630. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.03.010) (PMID:27179994) (PMCID:PMC5011429)
Bilsland, E., Bean, D. M., Devaney, E. and Oliver, S. G. (2016) Yeast-based high-throughput screens to identify novel compounds active against Brugia malayi. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(1), e0004401. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004401) (PMID:26812604) (PMCID:PMC4727890)
Devaney, E. and Gillan, V. (2016) Hsp90 inhibitors in parasitic nematodes: prospects and challenges. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 16(25), pp. 2805-2811. (doi: 10.2174/1568026616666160413140502) (PMID:27072703)
Britton, C. , Winter, A. D., Marks, N. D., Gu, H., McNeilly, T. N., Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2015) Application of small RNA technology for improved control of parasitic helminths. Veterinary Parasitology, 212(1-2), pp. 47-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.06.003) (PMID:26095949) (PMCID:PMC4535316)
Winter, A. D. et al. (2015) A novel member of the let-7 microRNA family is associated with developmental transitions in filarial nematode parasites. BMC Genomics, 16, 331. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1536-y) (PMID:25896062) (PMCID:PMC4428239)
Devaney, E. (2014) Parasites, probiotics, and piglets: a novel approach to IBD. Molecular Therapy, 22(10), pp. 1722-1723. (doi: 10.1038/mt.2014.168)
Britton, C. , Winter, A. D., Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2014) microRNAs of parasitic helminths – identification, characterization and potential as drug targets. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 4(2), pp. 85-94. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2014.03.001)
Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2014) Nematode Hsp90: highly conserved but functionally diverse. Parasitology, 141(9), pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182014000304) (PMID:24721950)
Gillan, V. , O’Neill, K., Maitland, K. , Sverdrup, F. M. and Devaney, E. (2014) A repurposing strategy for Hsp90 inhibitors demonstrates their potency against filarial nematodes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(2), e2699. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002699) (PMID:24551261) (PMCID:PMC3923716)
Devaney, E. (2013) Genetic and genomic approaches to understanding drug resistance in parasites. Parasitology, 140(12), pp. 1451-1454. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182013001212)
Laing, R. et al. (2013) The genome and transcriptome of haemonchus contortus, a key model parasite for drug and vaccine discovery. Genome Biology, 14(8), R88. (doi: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-8-r88) (PMID:23985316) (PMCID:PMC4054779)
Winter, A.D., Weir, W. , Hunt, M., Berriman, M., Gilleard, J.S., Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2012) Diversity in parasitic nematode genomes: the microRNAs of Brugia pahangi and Haemonchus contortus are largely novel. BMC Genomics, 13, p. 4. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-4)
Devaney, E.A. , Winter, A.D. and Britton, C. (2010) microRNAs: a role in drug resistance in parasitic nematodes? Trends in Parasitology, 26(9), pp. 428-433. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.05.003) (PMID:20541972) (PMCID:PMC2930248)
Taldone, T., Gillan, V., Sun, W., Rodina, A., Patel, P., Maitland, K., O'Neill, K., Chiosis, G. and Devaney, E. (2010) Assay strategies for the discovery and validation of therapeutics targeting Brugia pahangi Hsp90. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(6), e714. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000714) (PMID:20559560) (PMCID:PMC2886105)
Gillan, V. , Maitland, K. , McCormack, G., Him, N. A.I.I. and Devaney, E. (2009) Functional genomics of hsp-90 in parasitic and free-living nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology, 39(10), pp. 1071-1081. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.024)
McNeilly, T.N., Devaney, E. and Matthews, J.B. (2009) Teladorsagia circumcincta in the sheep abomasum: defining the role of dendritic cells in T cell regulation and protective immunity. Parasite Immunology, 31(7), pp. 347-356. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01110.x)
Him, N.A.I.I.N., Gillan, V., Emes, R.D., Maitland, K. and Devaney, E. (2009) Hsp-90 and the biology of nematodes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9(254), pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-254) (PMID:19849843) (PMCID:PMC2771018)
Devaney, E. (2006) Thermoregulation in the life cycle of nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology, 36(6), pp. 641-649. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.006)
Boitelle, A., Di Lorenzo, C., Scales, H.E. , Devaney, E. , Kennedy, M.W., Garside, P. and Lawrence, C.E. (2005) Contrasting effects of acute and chronic gastro-intestinal helminth infections on a heterologous immune response in a transgenic adoptive transfer model. International Journal for Parasitology, 35(7), pp. 765-775. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.02.013) (PMID:15893319)
Devaney, E. , ONeill, K., Harnett, W., Whitesell, L. and Kinnaird, J. (2005) Hsp90 is essential in the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. International Journal for Parasitology, 35(6), pp. 627-636. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.01.007)
Devaney, E. (2005) The end of the line for hookworm? An update on vaccine development. PLoS Medicine, 2(10), e327. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020327)
Gillan, V. , Lawrence, R.A. and Devaney, E. (2005) B cells play a regulatory role in mice infected with the L3 of Brugia pahangi. International Immunology, 17, pp. 373-382. (doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxh217)
Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2005) Regulatory T cells modulate Th2 responses induced by Brugia pahangi third-stage larvae. Infection and Immunity, 73, pp. 4034-4042. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.73.7.4034-4042.2005)
Gillan, V. and Devaney, E. (2004) Mosquito transmission modulates the immune response in mice infected with the L3 of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 26, pp. 359-363.
Kinnaird, J., Maitland, K., Walker, G., Wheatley, I., Thompson, F. and Devaney, E. (2004) HRP-2, a heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein, is essential for embryogenesis and oogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental Cell Research, 298, pp. 418-430. (doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.04.043)
Stepek, G., Houston, K., Goodridge, H., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (2004) Stage-specific and species-specific differences in the production of the mRNA and protein for the filarial nematode secreted product, ES-62. Parasitology, 128, pp. 91-98. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182003004220)
Boitelle, A., Scales, H. E. , Di Lorenzo, C., Devaney, E. , Kennedy, M. W. , Garside, P. and Lawrence, C. E. (2003) Investigating the impact of helminth products on immune responsiveness using a TCR transgenic adoptive transfer system. Journal of Immunology, 171(1), pp. 447-454. (doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.1.447) (PMID:12817029)
OConnor, R., Jenson, J., Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (2003) An enduring association? Microfilariae and immunosupression in lymphatic filariasis. Trends in Parasitology, 19(12), pp. 565-570. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2003.09.017)
Walker, G., Thompson, F., Brawley, A., Scanlon, T. and Devaney, E. (2003) Heat shock factor functions at the convergence of the stress response and developmental pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans. FASEB Journal, 17, p. 1960. (doi: 10.1096/fj.03-0164fje)
Emes, R., Thompson, F., Moore, J., Zang, X. and Devaney, E. (2002) Cloning and characterisation of mmc-1, a microfilarial-specific gene, from Brugia pahangi. International Journal for Parasitology, 32(4), pp. 415-424.
Akue, J. and Devaney, E. (2002) Transmission intensity affects both antigen-specific and nonspecific T-cell proliferative responses in Loa loa infection. Infection and Immunity, 70, pp. 1475-1480. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.3.1475-1480.2002)
Akue, J., Devaney, E. , Wahl, G. and Moukana, H. (2002) Expression of filarial-specific IgG subclasses under different transmission intensities in a region endemic for loiasis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 66, pp. 245-250.
Balmer, P. and Devaney, E. (2002) NK T cells are a source of early interleukin-4 following infection with third-stage larvae of the Filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Infection and Immunity, 70, pp. 2215-2219. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2215-2219.2002)
Devaney, E., Gillan, V. , Wheatley, I., Jenson, J., OConnor, R. and Balmer, P. (2002) Interleukin-4 influences the production of microfilariae in a mouse model of Brugia infection. Parasite Immunology, 24, pp. 29-37.
Jenson, J., OConnor, R., Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (2002) Infection with Brugia microfilariae induces apoptosis of CD4(+) T lymphocytes: a mechanism of immune unresponsiveness in filariasis. European Journal of Immunology, 32, pp. 858-867.
OConnor, R. and Devaney, E. (2002) Nitric oxide limits the expansion of antigen-specific T cells in mice infected with the microfilariae of Brugia pahangi. Infection and Immunity, 70, pp. 5997-6004. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.5997-6004.2002)
Stepek, G., Auchie, M., Tate, R., Watson, K., Russell, D., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (2002) Expression of the filarial nematode phosphorylcholine-containing glycoprotein, ES62, is stage specific. Parasitology, 125, pp. 155-164. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182002001920)
Thompson, F., Britton, C. , Wheatley, I., Maitland, K., Walker, G., Anant, S., Davidson, N. and Devaney, E. (2002) Biochemical and molecular characterization of two cytidine deaminases in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical Journal, 365, pp. 99-107.
Devaney, E. and Yazdanbakhsh, M. (2001) Prospects and challenges in lymphatic filariasis. Parasite Immunology, 23(7), pp. 323-325. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00393.x)
Hunter, S., Thompson, F., Tetley, L. and Devaney, E. (2001) Temperature is a cue for gene expression in the post-infective L3 of the parasitic nematode Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 112, pp. 1-9.
Lawrence, R. and Devaney, E. (2001) Lymphatic filariasis: parallels between the immunology of infection in humans and mice. Parasite Immunology, 23, pp. 353-361.
Thompson, F., Cockroft, A., Wheatley, I., Britton, C. and Devaney, E. (2001) Heat shock and developmental expression of hsp83 in the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. European Journal of Biochemistry, 268, pp. 5808-5815.
O'Connor, R.A., Jenson, J.S. and Devaney, E. (2000) NO contributes to proliferative suppression in a murine model of filariasis. Infection and Immunity, 68(11), pp. 6101-6107.
Devaney, E. and Osborne, J. (2000) The third-stage larva (L3) of Brugia: its role in immune modulation and protective immunity. Microbes and Infection, 2(11), pp. 1363-71. (doi: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)01290-9) (PMID:11018453)
Moore, J., Tetley, L. and Devaney, E. (2000) Identification of abundant mRNAs from the third stage larvae of the parasitic nematode, ostertagia ostertagi. Biochemical Journal, 347(3), pp. 763-770.
Moore, J. and Devaney, E. (1999) Cloning and characterization of two nuclear receptors from the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Biochemical Journal, 344(1), pp. 245-252.
Hunter, S.J., Martin, S.A., Thompson, F.J., Tetley, L. and Devaney, E. (1999) The isolation of differentially expressed cDNA clones from the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Parasitology, 119(2), pp. 189-198. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182099004576)
Lewis, E., Hunter, S. J., Tetley, L., Nunes, C. P., Bazzicalupo, P. and Devaney, E. (1999) cut-1-like genes are present in the filarial nematodes, Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi, and, as in other nematodes, code for components of the cuticle. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 101(1-2), pp. 173-83. (doi: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00070-5) (PMID:10413052)
Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (1999) Interleukin-10 and antigen-presenting cells actively suppress Th1 cells in BALB/c mice infected with the filarial parasite Brugia pahangi. Infection and Immunity, 67(4), pp. 1599-1605. (PMID:10084992) (PMCID:PMC96502)
Pennock, J. L., Behnke, J. M., Bickle, Q. D., Devaney, E. , Grencis, R. K., Isaac, R. E., Joshua, G. W.P., Selkirk, M. E., Zhang, Y. and Meyer, D. J. (1998) Rapid purification and characterization of L-dopachrome-methyl ester tautomerase (macrophage-migration-inhibitory factor) from Trichinella spiralis, Trichuris muris and Brugia pahangi. Biochemical Journal, 335(3), pp. 495-498. (doi: 10.1042/bj3350495) (PMID:9794786) (PMCID:PMC1219807)
Osborne, J. and Devaney, E. (1998) The L3 of Brugia induces a Th2-polarized response following activation of an IL-4-producing CD4-CD8- alphabeta T cell population. International Immunology, 10(10), pp. 1583-1590. (doi: 10.1093/intimm/10.10.1583) (PMID:9796925)
Akue, J.P., Hommel, M. and Devaney, E. (1998) IgG subclass recognition of Loa loa antigens and their correlation with clinical status in individuals from Gabon. Parasite Immunology, 20(8), pp. 387-393. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00172.x) (PMID:9767604)
Anant, S., Martin, S. A.M., Yu, H., MacGinnitie, A. J., Devaney, E. and Davidson, N. O. (1997) A cytidine deaminase expressed in the post-infective L3 stage of the filarial nematode, Brugia pahangi, has a novel RNA-binding activity. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 88(1-2), pp. 105-114. (doi: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00083-2) (PMID:9274872)
Nor, Z. M., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (1997) The use of inhibitors of N-linked glycosylation and oligosaccharide processing to produce monoclonal antibodies against non-phosphorylcholine epitopes of Brugia pahangi excretory-secretory products. Parasitology Research, 83(8), pp. 813-815. (doi: 10.1007/s004360050345) (PMID:9342749)
Nor, Z.M., Houston, K.M., Devaney, E. and Harnett, W. (1997) Variation in the nature of attachment of phosphorylcholine to excretory–secretory products of adult Brugia pahangi. Parasitology, 114(3), pp. 257-262. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182096008402) (PMID:9139257)
Akue, J. P., Hommel, M. and Devaney, E. (1997) High levels of parasite-specific IgG1 correlate with the amicrofilaremic state in Loa loa infection. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 175(1), pp. 158-163. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/175.1.158) (PMID:8985211)
Azazy, A. A., Chance, M. L. and Devaney, E. (1997) A time-course study of circulating antigen and parasite-specific antibody in cotton rats infected with Leishmania donovani. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 91(2), pp. 153-162. (doi: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813125) (PMID:9307657)
Martin, S. A.M., Hunter, S. J., Thompson, F. J. and Devaney, E. (1996) Stage specific gene expression in the post-infective L3 of the filarial nematode, Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 79(1), pp. 109-112. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02637-0) (PMID:8844678)
Akue, J.P., Hommel, M. and Devaney, E. (1996) Markers of Loa loa infection in permanent residents of a loiasis endemic area of Gabon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90(2), pp. 115-118. (doi: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90105-4) (PMID:8761565)
Martin, S. A.M., Thompson, F. J. and Devaney, E. (1995) Erratum to “The construction of spliced leader cDNA libraries from the filarial nematodeBrugia pahangi” [Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 70 (1995) 241–245]. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 75(1), p. 129. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02535-9) (PMID:8720184)
Martin, S. A.M., Thompson, F. J. and Devaney, E. (1995) The construction of spliced leader cDNA libraries from the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 70(1-2), pp. 241-245. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)00032-V) (PMID:7637712)
Cox-Singh, J., Paine, M.J., Martin, S.A. and Devaney, E. (1994) Stage specific differences in steady state levels of mRNA encoding the major surface glycoprotein of Brugia pahangi. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology : Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 45(4), pp. 352-4. (PMID:7716403)
Akue, J.P., Egwang, T.G. and Devaney, E. (1994) High levels of parasite-specific IgG4 in the absence of microfilaremia in Loa loa infection. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology : Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 45(3), pp. 246-8. (PMID:7899797)
Bancroft, A.J., Grenci, R.K., Else, K.J. and Devaney, E. (1994) The role of CD4 cells in protective immunity to Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 16(7), pp. 385-387. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1994.tb00364.x) (PMID:7970877)
Nageswaran, C., Craig, P.S. and Devaney, E. (1994) Coproantigen detection in rats experimentally infected with Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology, 108(03), pp. 335-342. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182000076174) (PMID:8022659)
Azazy, A.A., Devaney, E. and Chance, M.L. (1994) A PEG-ELISA for the detection of Leishmania donovani antigen in circulating immune complexes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 88(1), pp. 62-66. (doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90502-9) (PMID:7512290)
Devaney, E. , Bancroft, A. and Egan, A. (1993) The effect of irradiation on the third stage larvae of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 15(7), pp. 423-427. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1993.tb00627.x) (PMID:8414645)
Devaney, E. and Lewis, E. (1993) Temperature-induced refractoriness of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to infection with the filaria Brugia pahangi. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 7(3), pp. 297-298. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00693.x) (PMID:8369568)
Bancroft, A. and Devaney, E. (1993) The analysis of the humoral response of the BALB/c mouse immunized with radiation attenuated third stage larvae of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 15(3), pp. 153-162. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1993.tb00595.x) (PMID:8316409)
Bancroft, A.J., Grencis, R.K., Else, K.J. and Devaney, E. (1993) Cytokine production in BALB/c mice immunized with radiation attenuated third stage larvae of the filarial nematode, Brugia pahangi. Journal of Immunology, 150(4), pp. 1395-1402. (PMID:8432985)
Jecock, R. M. and Devaney, E. (1992) Expression of small heat shock proteins by the third-stage larva of Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 56(2), pp. 219-226. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90171-F) (PMID:1484547)
Devaney, E. and Jecock, R. M. (1991) The expression of the Mr 30 000 antigen in the third stage larvae of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 13(1), pp. 75-87. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1991.tb00264.x) (PMID:1673024)
Devaney, E. , Betschart, B. and Rudin, W. (1990) The analysis of the 30 kDa antigen of Brugia pahangi and its interaction with the cuticle: a short review. Acta Tropica, 47(5-6), pp. 365-372. (doi: 10.1016/0001-706X(90)90037-Z) (PMID:1978536)
Howell, K. E., Devaney, E. and Gruenberg, J. (1989) Subcellular fractionation of tissue culture cells. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 14(2), pp. 44-47. (doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(89)90040-6) (PMID:2705208)
Devaney, E. (1988) The biochemical and immunochemical characterisation of the 30 kilodalton surface antigen of Brugia pahangi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 27(1), pp. 83-92. (doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(88)90027-8) (PMID:3344000)
Howell, K.E., Reuter-Carlson, U., Devaney, E. , Luzio, J.P. and Fuller, S.D. (1987) One antigen, one gold? A quantitative analysis of immunogold labeling of plasma membrane 5'-nucleotidase in frozen thin sections. European Journal of Cell Biology, 44(2), pp. 318-27. (PMID:2826169)
Devaney, E. (1987) Preliminary studies on the characterization of the Mr30000 surface antigen of Brugia pahangi. Parasite Immunology, 9(3), pp. 401-405. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1987.tb00518.x) (PMID:2439975)
Devaney, E. and Howell, K. E. (1985) Immuno-isolation of a plasma membrane fraction from the Fao cell. EMBO Journal, 4(12), pp. 3123-3130. (PMID:4092679) (PMCID:PMC554631)
Devaney, E. , Howells, R.E. and Smith, G. (1985) Brugia pahangi in the BALB/C mouse: a model for testing filaricidal compounds. Journal of Helminthology, 59(2), pp. 95-9. (PMID:3843374)
Devaney, E. (1985) Lectin-binding characteristics of Brugia pahangi microfilariae. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology : Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 36(1), pp. 25-28. (PMID:3890118)
Devaney, E. (1985) Dirofilaria immitis: the moulting of the infective larva in vitro. Journal of Helminthology, 59(1), pp. 47-50. (PMID:3989262)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1984) The microfilaricidal activity of ivermectin in vitro and in vivo. Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie, 35(1), pp. 47-49. (PMID:6546818)
Howells, R.E., Devaney, E. , Smith, G. and Hedges, T. (1983) The susceptibility of BALB/C and other inbred mouse strains to Brugia pahangi. Acta Tropica, 40(4), pp. 341-350. (PMID:6142632)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1983) The differentiation of microfilariae of Onchocerca lienalis in vitro. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 77(1), pp. 103-105. (PMID:6882051)
Devaney, E. (1981) The development of Dirofilaria immitis in cultured malpighian tubules. Acta Tropica, 38(3), pp. 251-60. (PMID:6118033)
Howells, R.E., Tinsley, J., Devaney, E. and Smith, G. (1981) The effect of 5-fluorouracil and 5-fluorocytosine on the development of the filarial nematodes Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis. Acta Tropica, 38(3), pp. 289-304. (PMID:6118037)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1979) The development of exsheathed microfilariae of Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi in mosquito cell lines. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 73(4), pp. 387-392. (PMID:573990)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1979) The exsheathment of Brugia pahangi microfilariae under controlled conditions in vitro. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 73(3), pp. 227-233. (PMID:573989)
Devaney, E. and Howells, R.E. (1979) Culture systems for the maintenance and development of microfilariae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 73(2), pp. 139-144. (PMID:496468)
Book Sections
Devaney, E. (2011) Thermobiotic survival. In: Perry, R.N. and Wharton, D.A. (eds.) Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival. CABI: Wallingford, UK, pp. 233-255. ISBN 9781845936877 (doi: 10.1079/9781845936877.0233)
Conference or Workshop Item
Perez, M. , Laing, R. , Hildersley, K., McNeilly, T., Maizels, R. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2024) A MicroRNA in the Excretory-secretory Products of Helminth Parasites Induces De-differentiation in Epithelial Cells Within Gastrointestinal Organoids. British Society for Parasitology (BSP) Spring Meeting, Liverpool, UK, 2-4 April 2024. (Unpublished)
Perez, M. , Gillan, V. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2023) Parasitic Nematode miRNAs and EVs - Transfection into Organoid Epithelial Cells [Poster]. Challenges, Opportunities, and New Technologies for Functional Validation of Parasitic Nematode Genes, University of Glasgow, Glasgow UK, March 2023.
Perez, M. G. , Gillan, V. , Maitland, K. , Devaney, E. and Britton, C. (2022) microRNAs in Gastrointestinal Nematode-host Interactions [Poster]. Hydra 2022, Hydra, Greece, 28 Aug-2 Sept 2022.
Antonopoulos, A., Busin, V. , Laing, R. and Devaney, E. (2019) Levamisole Resistance Markers in Haemonchus Contortus. BAVP Winter Meeting 2019, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, 5-6 Dec 2019.
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Effects of parasitic helminth secreted microRNAs on host gastrointestinal epithelial cells
The Royal Society
2021 - 2023
- Transport and trophic effects of migratory ungulates on infectious disease hotspots
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2020 - 2023
- Tuft cells, sensors and effectors in immunity to helminths
Wellcome Trust
2018 - 2022
- InvestigatinggeneticcompositionofOnchocercawormspre- andpost-drug treatment:Improvingtheabilitytotestmacrofilaricidaldrugefficacy
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
2018 - 2022
- Maintaining a unique parasite life cycle and development of post-genomic resources
Wellcome Trust
2017 - 2020
- United States-UK partnering award:Co-infection and resistance (CORE)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2016 - 2020
- Monepantel: anthelmintic resistance and the development of tools for sustainable use
Scottish Government
2016 - 2019
- The BUG consortium Building Upon the Genome: using H. contortus genomic resources to develop novel interventions to control endemic GI parasites
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2015 - 2020
- Hsp90 as a modulator of pathogenicity, virulence and transmission in Theileria and Babesia
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2014 - 2017
- Illuminating the darkness: exploiting IVIS imaging technology
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2014 - 2016
- microRNAs and drug resistance in parasitic nematodes
Wellcome Trust
2011 - 2015
- Hsp90 as a molecular target in filarial worms
Scottish Funding Council
2009 - 2011
- Comparative genomics of nematodes: defining the role of miRNAs in development
Wellcome Trust
2009 - 2012
- A comparative analysis of Hsp90 its possible role in drug resistance in nematode parasites
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2007 - 2011
- Hsp90 as a molecular target in lymphatic filariasis
Wellcome Trust
2005 - 2008
- Molecular genetics and biochemistry of parasites
Medical Research Council
2004 - 2009
Supervision
- Spathis, Leonidas
A comparative approach to identify potential control targets for filarial parasitic nematode infections
Additional information
Editorial Board
- 2004 - present: Journal of Helminthology
- 2001 - 2007: Filarial Journal
- 1997 - 2010: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- 1994 - present: Parasite Immunology - Management Committee from 2003 onwards
Grant Advisory Board
- 2009 - 2010: BBSRC - Pool A Member
- 2005: EU - Independent Expert for Inco-Dev-3, Framework 6
- 2004 - 2009: MRC - College of Experts
Invited International Presentations
- 2010: Melbourne, Australia - ICOPA
- 2007: Canberra, Australia - Australian Society of Parasitology
- 2006: Berlin, Germany - Consortium of Infection Biology
- 2005: Hamburg, Germany - Helminths as modulators of Immunity
Professional Learned Society
- - present: British Society for Immunology - Ordinary Member
- - present: British Society for Parasitology - Ordinary Member. Steering Committee ICOPA 2006.
Research Fellowship
- 1993 - 1998: Wellcome Trust University Award
- 1987 - 1993: MRC Senior Non-clinical Fellowship
- 1983 - 1987: Wellcome Trust Training Award in Tropical Medicine