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Overview

David A. Bass is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with primary fields of study including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they focus particularly on subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Plant Science, and Parasitology.

Their research interests cover several main topics, notably:

  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms

David A. Bass has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Grant D. Stentiford, Georgia M. Ward, Ronny van Aerle, Kelly S. Bateman, and Stuart Ross. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach linking parasitology, microbiology, and environmental research.

The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Among their recent notable papers are:

  • Understanding the role of the shrimp gut microbiome in health and disease, 2020, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  • Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems, 2020, Environment International
  • Sustainable aquaculture through the One Health lens, 2020, Nature Food
  • Probiotics and competitive exclusion of pathogens in shrimp aquaculture, 2020, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Microsporidia: a new taxonomic, evolutionary, and ecological synthesis, 2022, Trends in Parasitology

Best Publications

  • Flow cytometric studies of oxidative product formation by neutrophils: a graded response to membrane stimulation.

    D A Bass;J W Parce;L R Dechatelet;P Szejda

  • Mechanism of the luminol-dependent chemiluminescence of human neutrophils.

    L R DeChatelet;G D Long;P S Shirley;D A Bass

  • 1-O-Alkyl-sn-glyceryl-3-phosphorylcholines: a novel class of neutrophil stimulants.

    J. T. O'Flaherty;R. L. Wykle;C. H. Miller;J. C. Lewis

  • Subpopulations of neutrophils with increased oxidative product formation in blood of patients with infection.

    D A Bass;P Olbrantz;P Szejda;M C Seeds

  • Role of protein kinases in stimulation of human polymorphonuclear leukocyte oxidative metabolism by various agonists. Differential effects of a novel protein kinase inhibitor.

    C Gerard;L C McPhail;A Marfat;N P Stimler-Gerard

  • Phosphatidic acid as a second messenger in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Effects on activation of NADPH oxidase.

    D E Agwu;L C McPhail;S Sozzani;D A Bass

  • Phospholipase A2 and arachidonate increase in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid after inhaled antigen challenge in asthmatics.

    D L Bowton;M C Seeds;M B Fasano;B Goldsmith

  • Eosinopenia of Acute Infection: PRODUCTION OF EOSINOPENIA BY CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS OF ACUTE INFLAMMATION

    D A Bass;T A Gonwa;P Szejda;M S Cousart

  • Oxidative Metabolism of the Human Eosinophil

    Lawrence R. DeChatelet;Pamela S. Shirley;Linda C. McPhail;Carolyn C. Huntley

  • Comparison of Human Eosinophils from Normals and Patients with Eosinophilia

    David A. Bass;William H. Grover;Jon C. Lewis;Pamela Szejda

  • Flow cytometric quantitation of oxidative product formation by polymorphonuclear leukocytes during phagocytosis.

    P Szejda;J W Parce;M S Seeds;D A Bass

  • Tumor necrosis factor alpha priming of phospholipase D in human neutrophils. Correlation between phosphatidic acid production and superoxide generation.

    S A Bauldry;D A Bass;S L Cousart;C E McCall

  • Evidence that secretory phospholipase A2 plays a role in arachidonic acid release and eicosanoid biosynthesis by mast cells.

    A N Fonteh;D A Bass;L A Marshall;M Seeds

  • Priming of the respiratory burst of neutrophils by diacylglycerol. Independence from activation or translocation of protein kinase C.

    D A Bass;C Gerard;P Olbrantz;J Wilson

  • Mitochondria in eosinophils: Functional role in apoptosis but not respiration

    Kristina K. Peachman;Douglas S. Lyles;David A. Bass

  • Evidence that hydrolysis of ethanolamine plasmalogens triggers synthesis of platelet-activating factor via a transacylation reaction.

    M L Nieto;M E Venable;S A Bauldry;D G Greene

  • Phospholipase A2 activation in human neutrophils. Differential actions of diacylglycerols and alkylacylglycerols in priming cells for stimulation by N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe.

    S A Bauldry;R L Wykle;D A Bass

  • Inhibition of neutrophil lysosome-phagosome fusion associated with influenza virus infection in vitro. Role in depressed bactericidal activity.

    Jon S. Abramson;Jon C. Lewis;Douglas S. Lyles;Kelley A. Heller

  • Coregulation of NADPH oxidase activation and phosphorylation of a 48-kD protein(s) by a cytosolic factor defective in autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease.

    S E Caldwell;C E McCall;C L Hendricks;P A Leone

  • In Vitro Responses of Human Neutrophils to N-Formyl-Methionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine: Correlation with Effects of Acute Bacterial Infection

    McCall Ce;Bass Da;DeChatelet Lr;Link As

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles E. McCall
Charles E. McCall Wake Forest University
Joseph T. O'Flaherty
Joseph T. O'Flaherty Wake Forest University
Robert L. Wykle
Robert L. Wykle Wake Forest University
Linda C. McPhail
Linda C. McPhail Wake Forest University
Douglas S. Lyles
Douglas S. Lyles Wake Forest University
Michael J. Thomas
Michael J. Thomas Medical College of Wisconsin
Floyd H. Chilton
Floyd H. Chilton University of Arizona
Adel A. F. Mahmoud
Adel A. F. Mahmoud Princeton University
Lisa Marshall
Lisa Marshall University of Lübeck
James M. Samet
James M. Samet Environmental Protection Agency

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