The Roles and Expression of Cationic Host Defence Peptides in Normal and Compromised Pregnancies (2014)
Thesis
Coyle, C. The Roles and Expression of Cationic Host Defence Peptides in Normal and Compromised Pregnancies. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/453010

Cationic Host Defense Peptides (CHDP), also known as antimicrobial peptides, are key components of the host innate immune response that have a wide range of direct microbicidal activities against a range of bacterial and viral pathogens, as well as a... Read More about The Roles and Expression of Cationic Host Defence Peptides in Normal and Compromised Pregnancies.

Identification and characterisation of an Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) - NamA from Listeria monocytogenes (2014)
Thesis
Bamaga, M. A. Identification and characterisation of an Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) - NamA from Listeria monocytogenes. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9831

The food-borne pathogene Listeria monocytogenes has been considered a significant threat to human health worldwide. It mainly infects individuals suffering insuffecint immunity such as pregnant women. During pregnancy, L. monocytogenes is capable of... Read More about Identification and characterisation of an Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) - NamA from Listeria monocytogenes.

Waddlia chondrophila Infects and Multiplies in Ovine Trophoblast Cells Stimulating an Inflammatory Immune Response (2014)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., Coyle, C., Barlow, P. G., Mitchell, S., Greub, G., Baszler, T., Rae, M. T., & Longbottom, D. (2014). Waddlia chondrophila Infects and Multiplies in Ovine Trophoblast Cells Stimulating an Inflammatory Immune Response. PLOS ONE, 9(7), Article e102386. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102386

BACKGROUND

Waddlia chondrophila (W. chondrophila) is an emerging abortifacient organism which has been identified in the placentae of humans and cattle. The organism is a member of the order Chlamydiales, and shares many similarities at the genome... Read More about Waddlia chondrophila Infects and Multiplies in Ovine Trophoblast Cells Stimulating an Inflammatory Immune Response.