Dr Melanie McDonald
- Research Associate (Virology)
telephone:
0141 330 5069
email:
Melanie.McDonald@glasgow.ac.uk
Centre for Virus Research, Room 336, Henry Wellcome Building, Garscube Campus, Bearsden Road, G61 1qh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291Research interests
Member of the Kohl Group.
Publications
2021
Almire, F., Terhzaz, S. , Terry, S., McFarlane, M. , Gestuveo, R. J., Szemiel, A. M., Varjak, M. , McDonald, A., Kohl, A. and Pondeville, E. (2021) Sugar feeding protects against arboviral infection by enhancing gut immunity in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens, 17(9), e1009870. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009870) (PMID:34473801) (PMCID:PMC8412342)
McFarlane, M. , Laureti, M., Levée, T., Terry, S., Kohl, A. and Pondeville, E. (2021) Improved transient silencing of gene expression in the mosquito female Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology, 30(3), pp. 355-365. (doi: 10.1111/imb.12700) (PMID:33715239)
2020
McFarlane, M. et al. (2020) The Aedes aegypti Domino orthologue p400 regulates antiviral exogenous small interfering RNA pathway activity and ago-2 expression. mSphere, 5(2), e00081-20. (doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00081-20) (PMID:32269152) (PMCID:PMC7142294)
2017
Dietrich, I., Shi, X. , McFarlane, M. , Watson, M., Blomström, A.-L., Skelton, J. K., Kohl, A. , Elliott, R. M. and Schnettler, E. (2017) The antiviral RNAi response in vector and non-vector cells against orthobunya viruses. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(1), e0005272. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005272) (PMID:28060823) (PMCID:PMC5245901)
2016
Schnettler, E., Sreenu, V. B. , Mottram, T. and McFarlane, M. (2016) Wolbachia restricts insect specific flavivirus infection in Aedes aegypti cells. Journal of General Virology, 97(11), pp. 3024-3029. (doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000617) (PMID:27692043) (PMCID:PMC5120408)
Wijayanti, S. P. M., Porphyre, T., Chase-Topping, M., Rainey, S. M., McFarlane, M. , Schnettler, E., Biek, R. and Kohl, A. (2016) The importance of socio-economic versus environmental risk factors for reported dengue cases in Java, Indonesia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(9), e0004964. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004964) (PMID:27603137) (PMCID:PMC5014450)
Rainey, S. M. et al. (2016) Wolbachia blocks viral genome replication early in infection without a transcriptional response by the endosymbiont or host small RNA pathways. PLoS Pathogens, 12(4), e1005536. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005536) (PMID:27089431) (PMCID:PMC4835223)
Wijayanti, S. P. M., Sunaryo, S., Suprihatin, S., McFarlane, M. , Rainey, S. M., Dietrich, I., Schnettler, E., Biek, R. and Kohl, A. (2016) Dengue in Java, Indonesia: relevance of mosquito indices as risk predictors. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(3), e0004500. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004500) (PMID:26967524) (PMCID:PMC4788303)
2015
McFarlane, M. , MacDonald, A. I., Stevenson, A. and Graham, S. V. (2015) Human papillomavirus type 16 oncoprotein expression is controlled by the cellular splicing factor SRSF2 (SC35). Journal of Virology, 89(10), pp. 5276-5287. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.03434-14) (PMID:25717103)
Blomström, A.-L. et al. (2015) Transcriptome analysis reveals the host response to Schmallenberg virus in bovine cells and antagonistic effects of the NSs protein. BMC Genomics, 16, 324. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1538-9) (PMID:25896169) (PMCID:PMC4404599)
Carissimo, G. et al. (2015) Antiviral immunity of Anopheles gambiaeis highly compartmentalized, with distinct roles for RNA interference and gut microbiota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(2), E176-E185. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412984112) (PMID:25548172) (PMCID:PMC4299212)
Kean, J., Rainey, S., McFarlane, M. , Donald, C. , Schnettler, E., Kohl, A. and Pondeville, E. (2015) Fighting arbovirus transmission: natural and engineered control of vector competence in aedes mosquitoes. Insects, 6(1), pp. 236-278. (doi: 10.3390/insects6010236) (PMID:26463078) (PMCID:PMC4553541)
2014
McFarlane, M. et al. (2014) Characterization of Aedes aegypti innate-immune pathways that limit Chikungunya virus replication. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7), e2994. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002994) (PMID:25058001) (PMCID:PMC4109886)
Schnettler, E. et al. (2014) Induction and suppression of tick cell antiviral RNAi responses by tick-borne flaviviruses. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(14), pp. 9436-9446. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gku657)
2013
Schnettler, E., Donald, C. L. , Human, S., Watson, M., Siu, R. W. C., McFarlane, M. , Fazakerley, J. K., Kohl, A. and Fragkoudis, R. (2013) Knockdown of piRNA pathway proteins results in enhanced Semliki forest virus production in mosquito cells. Journal of General Virology, 94(Pt. 7), pp. 1680-1689. (doi: 10.1099/vir.0.053850-0) (PMID:23559478) (PMCID:PMC3709635)
Schnettler, E., Ratinier, M., Watson, M., Shaw, A. E., McFarlane, M., Varela, M., Elliott, R. M., Palmarini, M. and Kohl, A. (2013) RNA interference targets arbovirus replication in Culicoides cells. Journal of Virology, 87(5), pp. 2441-2454. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.02848-12) (PMID:23269795) (PMCID:PMC3571378)
Varela, M. et al. (2013) Schmallenberg virus pathogenesis, tropism and interaction with the innate immune system of the host. PLoS Pathogens, 9(1), e1003133. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003133) (PMID:23326235) (PMCID:PMC3542112)
2010
McFarlane, M. and Graham, S.V. (2010) Human papillomavirus regulation of SR proteins. Biochemical Society Transactions, 38(4), pp. 1116-1121. (doi: 10.1042/BST0381116)
2009
Mole, S., McFarlane, M. , Chuen-Im, T., Milligan, S.G., Millan, D. and Graham, S.V. (2009) RNA splicing factors regulated by HPV16 during cervical tumour progression. Journal of Pathology, 219(3), pp. 383-391. (doi: 10.1002/path.2608) (PMID:19718710) (PMCID:PMC2779514)
Articles
Almire, F., Terhzaz, S. , Terry, S., McFarlane, M. , Gestuveo, R. J., Szemiel, A. M., Varjak, M. , McDonald, A., Kohl, A. and Pondeville, E. (2021) Sugar feeding protects against arboviral infection by enhancing gut immunity in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens, 17(9), e1009870. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009870) (PMID:34473801) (PMCID:PMC8412342)
McFarlane, M. , Laureti, M., Levée, T., Terry, S., Kohl, A. and Pondeville, E. (2021) Improved transient silencing of gene expression in the mosquito female Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology, 30(3), pp. 355-365. (doi: 10.1111/imb.12700) (PMID:33715239)
McFarlane, M. et al. (2020) The Aedes aegypti Domino orthologue p400 regulates antiviral exogenous small interfering RNA pathway activity and ago-2 expression. mSphere, 5(2), e00081-20. (doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00081-20) (PMID:32269152) (PMCID:PMC7142294)
Dietrich, I., Shi, X. , McFarlane, M. , Watson, M., Blomström, A.-L., Skelton, J. K., Kohl, A. , Elliott, R. M. and Schnettler, E. (2017) The antiviral RNAi response in vector and non-vector cells against orthobunya viruses. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(1), e0005272. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005272) (PMID:28060823) (PMCID:PMC5245901)
Schnettler, E., Sreenu, V. B. , Mottram, T. and McFarlane, M. (2016) Wolbachia restricts insect specific flavivirus infection in Aedes aegypti cells. Journal of General Virology, 97(11), pp. 3024-3029. (doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000617) (PMID:27692043) (PMCID:PMC5120408)
Wijayanti, S. P. M., Porphyre, T., Chase-Topping, M., Rainey, S. M., McFarlane, M. , Schnettler, E., Biek, R. and Kohl, A. (2016) The importance of socio-economic versus environmental risk factors for reported dengue cases in Java, Indonesia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(9), e0004964. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004964) (PMID:27603137) (PMCID:PMC5014450)
Rainey, S. M. et al. (2016) Wolbachia blocks viral genome replication early in infection without a transcriptional response by the endosymbiont or host small RNA pathways. PLoS Pathogens, 12(4), e1005536. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005536) (PMID:27089431) (PMCID:PMC4835223)
Wijayanti, S. P. M., Sunaryo, S., Suprihatin, S., McFarlane, M. , Rainey, S. M., Dietrich, I., Schnettler, E., Biek, R. and Kohl, A. (2016) Dengue in Java, Indonesia: relevance of mosquito indices as risk predictors. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(3), e0004500. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004500) (PMID:26967524) (PMCID:PMC4788303)
McFarlane, M. , MacDonald, A. I., Stevenson, A. and Graham, S. V. (2015) Human papillomavirus type 16 oncoprotein expression is controlled by the cellular splicing factor SRSF2 (SC35). Journal of Virology, 89(10), pp. 5276-5287. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.03434-14) (PMID:25717103)
Blomström, A.-L. et al. (2015) Transcriptome analysis reveals the host response to Schmallenberg virus in bovine cells and antagonistic effects of the NSs protein. BMC Genomics, 16, 324. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1538-9) (PMID:25896169) (PMCID:PMC4404599)
Carissimo, G. et al. (2015) Antiviral immunity of Anopheles gambiaeis highly compartmentalized, with distinct roles for RNA interference and gut microbiota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(2), E176-E185. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412984112) (PMID:25548172) (PMCID:PMC4299212)
Kean, J., Rainey, S., McFarlane, M. , Donald, C. , Schnettler, E., Kohl, A. and Pondeville, E. (2015) Fighting arbovirus transmission: natural and engineered control of vector competence in aedes mosquitoes. Insects, 6(1), pp. 236-278. (doi: 10.3390/insects6010236) (PMID:26463078) (PMCID:PMC4553541)
McFarlane, M. et al. (2014) Characterization of Aedes aegypti innate-immune pathways that limit Chikungunya virus replication. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7), e2994. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002994) (PMID:25058001) (PMCID:PMC4109886)
Schnettler, E. et al. (2014) Induction and suppression of tick cell antiviral RNAi responses by tick-borne flaviviruses. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(14), pp. 9436-9446. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gku657)
Schnettler, E., Donald, C. L. , Human, S., Watson, M., Siu, R. W. C., McFarlane, M. , Fazakerley, J. K., Kohl, A. and Fragkoudis, R. (2013) Knockdown of piRNA pathway proteins results in enhanced Semliki forest virus production in mosquito cells. Journal of General Virology, 94(Pt. 7), pp. 1680-1689. (doi: 10.1099/vir.0.053850-0) (PMID:23559478) (PMCID:PMC3709635)
Schnettler, E., Ratinier, M., Watson, M., Shaw, A. E., McFarlane, M., Varela, M., Elliott, R. M., Palmarini, M. and Kohl, A. (2013) RNA interference targets arbovirus replication in Culicoides cells. Journal of Virology, 87(5), pp. 2441-2454. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.02848-12) (PMID:23269795) (PMCID:PMC3571378)
Varela, M. et al. (2013) Schmallenberg virus pathogenesis, tropism and interaction with the innate immune system of the host. PLoS Pathogens, 9(1), e1003133. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003133) (PMID:23326235) (PMCID:PMC3542112)
McFarlane, M. and Graham, S.V. (2010) Human papillomavirus regulation of SR proteins. Biochemical Society Transactions, 38(4), pp. 1116-1121. (doi: 10.1042/BST0381116)
Mole, S., McFarlane, M. , Chuen-Im, T., Milligan, S.G., Millan, D. and Graham, S.V. (2009) RNA splicing factors regulated by HPV16 during cervical tumour progression. Journal of Pathology, 219(3), pp. 383-391. (doi: 10.1002/path.2608) (PMID:19718710) (PMCID:PMC2779514)
Research datasets
2021
McFarlane, M. , Laureti, M., Levée, T., Terry, S., Kohl, A. and Pondeville, E. (2021) Improved transient silencing of gene expression in the mosquito female Aedes aegypti. [Data Collection]
2020
Mcdonald, M. , Pondeville, E. and Kohl, A. (2020) The Aedes aegypti Domino ortholog, p400 regulates antiviral exogenous siRNA pathway activity through control of ago-2 levels. [Data Collection]
