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Population trends associated with skin peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis in Australian frogsDouglas 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...
Predicted disease susceptibility in a Panamanian amphibian assemblage based on skin peptide defensesDouglas 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...
Amphibian immune defenses against chytridiomycosis: impacts of changing environmentsLouise 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...
Immune defenses against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungus linked to global amphibian declines, in the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevisJeremy 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...
Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperatureDouglas C Woodhams
School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 55:65-7. 2003....
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...
Life-history trade-offs influence disease in changing climates: strategies of an amphibian pathogenDouglas 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...
Immune defenses of Xenopus laevis against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisLouise 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...
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....
