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Eileen Devaney is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Veterinary fields, with a particular focus on Ecology, Small Animals, and Parasitology. The scientist's work broadly covers Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, as well as Nematode management and characterization studies.

Their research also extends into Molecular Biology and Plant Science, with additional attention to Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques and Extracellular vesicles in disease. The range of topics highlights multidisciplinary approaches in understanding parasitic organisms and their interactions with hosts, along with addressing control and resistance mechanisms.

Prominent journals where Eileen Devaney has frequently published include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with seven publications, PLoS Pathogens with three, and Frontiers in Immunology with two. Other publication venues include Communications Biology and Cell Reports.

  • Genomic and transcriptomic variation defines the chromosome-scale assembly of Haemonchus contortus, a model gastrointestinal worm, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Genomic landscape of drug response reveals mediators of anthelmintic resistance, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Special considerations for studies of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths: A community-led roadmap to increase rigour and reproducibility, 2023, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • Tuft cell acetylcholine is released into the gut lumen to promote anti-helminth immunity, 2024, Immunity
  • Transcriptomic analyses implicate neuronal plasticity and chloride homeostasis in ivermectin resistance and response to treatment in a parasitic nematode, 2022, PLoS Pathogens

Eileen Devaney often collaborates with several researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Collette Britton, Roz Laing, David J. Bartley, Stephen R. Doyle, and Alison Morrison. The repeated collaboration with these researchers suggests ongoing work in parasitology and related biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Ivermectin - Old Drug, New Tricks?

    Roz Laing;Victoria Gillan;Eileen Devaney

  • The genome and transcriptome of Haemonchus contortus, a key model parasite for drug and vaccine discovery

    Roz Laing;Taisei Kikuchi;Taisei Kikuchi;Axel Martinelli;Isheng J. Tsai;Isheng J. Tsai

  • Genomic and transcriptomic variation defines the chromosome-scale assembly of Haemonchus contortus, a model gastrointestinal worm.

    Stephen R. Doyle;Alan Tracey;Roz Laing;Nancy E. Holroyd

  • Refugia and anthelmintic resistance: Concepts and challenges.

    Jane E. Hodgkinson;Ray M. Kaplan;Fiona Kenyon;Eric R. Morgan

  • Interleukin-10 and Antigen-Presenting Cells Actively Suppress Th1 Cells in BALB/c Mice Infected with the Filarial Parasite Brugia pahangi

    Julie Osborne;Eileen Devaney

  • Genomic landscape of drug response reveals mediators of anthelmintic resistance

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  • Diversity in parasitic nematode genomes: the microRNAs of Brugia pahangi and Haemonchus contortus are largely novel

    Alan D Winter;William Weir;Martin Hunt;Matthew Berriman

  • Population genomic and evolutionary modelling analyses reveal a single major QTL for ivermectin drug resistance in the pathogenic nematode, Haemonchus contortus.

    Stephen R. Doyle;Christopher J. R. Illingworth;Roz Laing;David J. Bartley

  • microRNAs of parasitic helminths – identification, characterization and potential as drug targets

    Collette Britton;Alan D. Winter;Victoria Gillan;Eileen Devaney

  • Regulatory T cells modulate Th2 responses induced by Brugia pahangi third-stage larvae.

    Victoria Gillan;Eileen Devaney

  • Infection with Brugia microfilariae induces apoptosis of CD4(+) T lymphocytes: a mechanism of immune unresponsiveness in filariasis.

    Jessica S. Jenson;Richard O'Connor;Julie Osborne;Eileen Devaney

  • Cytokine production in BALB/c mice immunized with radiation attenuated third stage larvae of the filarial nematode, Brugia pahangi.

    A J Bancroft;R K Grencis;K J Else;E Devaney

  • The L3 of Brugia induces a Th2-polarized response following activation of an IL-4-producing CD4-CD8- alphabeta T cell population.

    Julie Osborne;Eileen Devaney

  • Lymphatic filariasis: parallels between the immunology of infection in humans and mice

    Rachel A. Lawrence;Eileen Devaney

  • Special considerations for studies of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths: A community‐led roadmap to increase rigour and reproducibility

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  • Hsp90 is essential in the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi.

    Eileen Devaney;Kerry O'Neill;William Harnett;Luke Whitesell

  • microRNAs: a role in drug resistance in parasitic nematodes?

    Eileen Devaney;Alan D. Winter;Collette Britton

  • A Genome Resequencing-Based Genetic Map Reveals the Recombination Landscape of an Outbred Parasitic Nematode in the Presence of Polyploidy and Polyandry.

    Stephen R Doyle;Roz Laing;David J Bartley;Collette Britton

  • Rapid purification and characterization of L-dopachrome-methyl ester tautomerase (macrophage-migration-inhibitory factor) from Trichinella spiralis, Trichuris muris and Brugia pahangi.

    J. L. Pennock;J. M. Behnke;Q. D. Bickle;E. Devaney

  • Anti-interleukin-4 modulation of the Th2 polarized response to the parasitic nematode Brugia pahangi

    J Osborne;S J Hunter;E Devaney

  • NO contributes to proliferative suppression in a murine model of filariasis.

    Richard A. O'Connor;Jessica S. Jenson;Eileen Devaney

  • The biochemical and immunochemical characterisation of the 30 kilodalton surface antigen of Brugia pahangi.

    Eileen Devaney

  • The third-stage larva (L3) of Brugia: its role in immune modulation and protective immunity

    Eileen Devaney;Julie Osborne

  • Conservation of a microRNA cluster in parasitic nematodes and profiling of miRNAs in excretory-secretory products and microvesicles of Haemonchus contortus.

    Henry Y. Gu;Neil D. Marks;Alan D. Winter;William Weir

  • Functional genomics of hsp-90 in parasitic and free-living nematodes

    Victoria Gillan;Kirsty Maitland;Gillian McCormack;Nik A.I.I. Nik Him

  • The expression of the Mr 30,000 antigen in the third stage larvae of Brugia pahangi.

    Eileen Devaney;Rowena M. Jecock

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
James Cotton
James Cotton University of Glasgow
Neil Sargison
Neil Sargison University of Edinburgh
John S. Gilleard
John S. Gilleard University of Calgary
David J. Bartley
David J. Bartley Moredun Research Institute
Alison A. Morrison
Alison A. Morrison Moredun Research Institute
Samuel A.M. Martin
Samuel A.M. Martin University of Aberdeen
Elizabeth Redman
Elizabeth Redman University of Calgary
William Harnett
William Harnett University of Strathclyde
Andy Tait
Andy Tait University of Glasgow

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