Animal models for influenza research: strengths and weaknesses

TQ Nguyen, R Rollon, YK Choi - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Influenza remains one of the most significant public health threats due to its ability to cause
high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although understanding of influenza viruses has …

Delivery platforms for broadly neutralizing antibodies

LR Joshi, NMS Gálvez, S Ghosh… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The use of these different platforms for antibody delivery has been demonstrated across a
wide range of animal models and disease indications, including HIV. Although each …

Fc-mediated functions of porcine IgG subclasses

B Paudyal, W Mwangi, P Rijal, JC Schwartz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pig is an important agricultural species and powerful biomedical model. We have
established the pig, a large natural host animal for influenza with many physiological …

Porcine respiratory coronavirus as a model for acute respiratory coronavirus disease

S Keep, BV Carr, FZX Lean, A Fones… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the light of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic,
we have developed a porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV) model for in depth …

Simultaneous infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome and influenza viruses abrogates clinical protection induced by live attenuated porcine …

T Chrun, EA Maze, E Vatzia, V Martini… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) is responsible for significant economic
losses in the pig industry worldwide. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus …

Comparative Phenotypic and Functional Analyses of the Effects of IL-10 or TGF-β on Porcine Macrophages

T Carta, E Razzuoli, F Fruscione, S Zinellu, D Meloni… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Macrophages play a central role in innate immune response to both
infectious and non-infectious stressors. They respond to different agonists modifying their …

Magnitude and kinetics of T cell and antibody responses during H1N1pdm09 infection in inbred babraham pigs and outbred pigs

M Edmans, A McNee, E Porter, E Vatzia… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We have used the pig, a large natural host animal for influenza with many physiological
similarities to humans, to characterize αβ, γδ T cell and antibody (Ab) immune responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial, temporal and molecular dynamics of swine influenza virus-specific CD8 tissue resident memory T cells

V Martini, M Edmans, S Gubbins, S Jayaraman… - Mucosal …, 2022 - Elsevier
For the first time we have defined naïve, central memory, effector memory and differentiated
effector porcine CD8 T cells and analyzed their distribution in lymphoid and respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous aerosol and intramuscular immunization with influenza vaccine induces powerful protective local T cell and systemic antibody immune …

V Martini, B Paudyal, T Chrun, A McNee… - The Journal of …, 2021 - journals.aai.org
A vaccine providing both powerful Ab and cross-reactive T cell immune responses against
influenza viruses would be beneficial for both humans and pigs. In this study, we evaluated …

Heterogeneity of phenotypic and functional changes to porcine monocyte-derived macrophages triggered by diverse polarizing factors in vitro

G Franzoni, L Mura, E Razzuoli, CG De Ciucis… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Swine are attracting increasing attention as a biomedical model, due to many immunological
similarities with humans. However, porcine macrophage polarization has not been …