Douglas C Woodhams

Summary

Affiliation: Vanderbilt University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Population trends associated with skin peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis in Australian frogs
    Douglas C Woodhams
    School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia
    Oecologia 146:531-40. 2006
  2. ncbi Predicted disease susceptibility in a Panamanian amphibian assemblage based on skin peptide defenses
    Douglas C Woodhams
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, A5301 Medical Center North, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
    J Wildl Dis 42:207-18. 2006
  3. ncbi Amphibian immune defenses against chytridiomycosis: impacts of changing environments
    Louise A Rollins-Smith
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
    Integr Comp Biol 51:552-62. 2011
  4. ncbi Immune defenses against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungus linked to global amphibian declines, in the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis
    Jeremy P Ramsey
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, A 5301 Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
    Infect Immun 78:3981-92. 2010
  5. ncbi Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature
    Douglas C Woodhams
    School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
    Dis Aquat Organ 55:65-7. 2003
  6. ncbi Antimicrobial peptide defenses of the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa)
    Louise A Rollins-Smith
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, A 5301 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
    Dev Comp Immunol 30:831-42. 2006
  7. ncbi Life-history trade-offs influence disease in changing climates: strategies of an amphibian pathogen
    Douglas C Woodhams
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
    Ecology 89:1627-39. 2008
  8. ncbi Immune defenses of Xenopus laevis against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
    Louise A Rollins-Smith
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
    Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 1:68-91. 2009
  9. ncbi Peptides with differential cytolytic activity from skin secretions of the lemur leaf frog Hylomantis lemur (Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae)
    J Michael Conlon
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 17666 Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
    Toxicon 50:498-506. 2007

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Population trends associated with skin peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis in Australian frogs
    Douglas C Woodhams
    School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia
    Oecologia 146:531-40. 2006
    ..Further research is needed to assess whether this non-specific immune defense may be useful in predicting disease susceptibility in other species...
  2. ncbi Predicted disease susceptibility in a Panamanian amphibian assemblage based on skin peptide defenses
    Douglas C Woodhams
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, A5301 Medical Center North, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
    J Wildl Dis 42:207-18. 2006
    ..This supports the hypothesis that B. dendrobatidis is a generalist pathogen and that species possessing an innate immunologic defense at the time of disease emergence are more likely to survive...
  3. ncbi Amphibian immune defenses against chytridiomycosis: impacts of changing environments
    Louise A Rollins-Smith
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
    Integr Comp Biol 51:552-62. 2011
    ..We also briefly review what is known about the impacts of temperature, environmental chemicals, and stress on the host-pathogen interactions and suggest future directions for research...
  4. ncbi Immune defenses against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungus linked to global amphibian declines, in the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis
    Jeremy P Ramsey
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, A 5301 Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
    Infect Immun 78:3981-92. 2010
    ..dendrobatidis. These data strongly suggest that both innate and adaptive immune defenses are involved in the resistance of X. laevis to lethal B. dendrobatidis infections...
  5. ncbi Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature
    Douglas C Woodhams
    School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
    Dis Aquat Organ 55:65-7. 2003
    ....
  6. ncbi Antimicrobial peptide defenses of the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa)
    Louise A Rollins-Smith
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, A 5301 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
    Dev Comp Immunol 30:831-42. 2006
    ..dendrobatidis in nature. Possible differences in the antimicrobial peptide repertoires and life history traits of the two species that may account for differences in susceptibility are discussed...
  7. ncbi Life-history trade-offs influence disease in changing climates: strategies of an amphibian pathogen
    Douglas C Woodhams
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
    Ecology 89:1627-39. 2008
    ..These results demonstrate that B. dendrobatidis populations can grow at high rates across a broad range of environmental temperatures and help to explain why it is so successful in cold montane environments...
  8. ncbi Immune defenses of Xenopus laevis against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
    Louise A Rollins-Smith
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
    Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 1:68-91. 2009
    ..Development of an immunization protocol in X. laevis that induces effective defenses may suggest better strategies for protecting vulnerable species such as B. boreas...
  9. ncbi Peptides with differential cytolytic activity from skin secretions of the lemur leaf frog Hylomantis lemur (Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae)
    J Michael Conlon
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 17666 Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
    Toxicon 50:498-506. 2007
    ....