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Hugh G.G. Townsend

Hugh G.G. Townsend

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
6934
World Ranking
17779
National Ranking
621

Overview

Hugh G.G. Townsend is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and has contributed to research predominantly within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including Immunology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research interests center on several key topics:

  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation

Townsend's recent publications include:

  • "Regional Dichotomy in Enteric Mucosal Immune Responses to a Persistent Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis Infection," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "A Bovine Enteric Mycobacterium Infection Model to Analyze Parenteral Vaccine-Induced Mucosal Immunity and Accelerate Vaccine Discovery," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Depletion of pulmonary intravascular macrophages rescues inflammation-induced delayed neutrophil apoptosis in horses," 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • "A call to action to address critical flaws and bias in laboratory animal experiments and preclinical research," 2025, Scientific Reports

The scholar frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Andrew Potter, Volker Gerdts, Antonio Facciuolo, Amy Huei-Yi Lee, and Lucy M. Mutharia. Their work has been published primarily in venues such as Frontiers in Immunology, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Decreased shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by cattle following vaccination with type III secreted proteins.

    Andrew A. Potter;Sandra Klashinsky;Yuling Li;Elizabeth Frey

  • Equine Herpesvirus‐1 Consensus Statement

    D. P. Lunn;N. Davis-Poynter;M. J B F Flaminio;D. W. Horohov

  • Protection of chickens against Escherichia coli infections by DNA containing CpG motifs.

    Susantha Gomis;Lorne Babiuk;Dale L. Godson;Brenda Allan

  • Biological activity of immunostimulatory CpG DNA motifs in domestic animals.

    G Mutwiri;R Pontarollo;S Babiuk;P Griebel

  • Diverged evolution of recent equine-2 influenza (H3N8) viruses in the Western Hemisphere.

    A. C. K. Lai;T. M. Chambers;R. E. Holland;P. S. Morley

  • Poly[di(carboxylatophenoxy)phosphazene] is a potent adjuvant for intradermal immunization

    Alexander K. Andrianov;Daniel P. DeCollibus;Helice A. Gillis;Henry H. Kha

  • The equine immune response to equine herpesvirus-1: the virus and its vaccines.

    Julia H. Kydd;Hugh G.G. Townsend;Duncan Hannant

  • Comparative Aspects of the Healing of Excisional Wounds on the Leg and Body of Horses

    K. A. Jacobs;D. H. Leach;P. B. Fretz;H. G. G. Townsend

  • Kinematics of the equine thoracolumbar spine

    H. G. G. Townsend;D. H. Leach;P. B. Fretz

  • Foal diarrhoea between 1991 and 1994 in the United Kingdom associated with Clostridium perfringens , rotavirus, Strongyloides westeri and Cryptosporidium spp.

    T. Netherwood;J. L. N. Wood;H. G. G. Townsend;J. A. Mumford

  • Epidemiological study of enzootic pneumonia in dairy calves in Saskatchewan.

    J. van Donkersgoed;C. S. Ribble;L. G. Boyer;H. G. G. Townsend

  • Immunity to equine influenza: relationship of vaccine-induced antibody in young Thoroughbred racehorses to protection against field infection with influenza A/equine-2 viruses (H3N8).

    J. R. Newton;H. G. G. Townsend;J. L. N. Wood;R. Sinclair

  • Poly[di(sodium carboxylatoethylphenoxy)phosphazene] (PCEP) is a potent enhancer of mixed Th1/Th2 immune responses in mice immunized with influenza virus antigens.

    George Mutwiri;Ponn Benjamin;Henry Soita;Hugh G.G. Townsend

  • Large animal models for vaccine development and testing.

    Volker Gerdts;Heather L. Wilson;Francois Meurens;Sylvia van Drunen Littel van den Hurk

  • Efficacy of a cold-adapted, intranasal, equine influenza vaccine: challenge trials.

    H. G. G. Townsend;S. J. Penner;T. C. Watts;A. Cook

  • The host defense peptide beta-defensin 1 confers protection against Bordetella pertussis in newborn piglets.

    Shokrollah Elahi;Rachelle M. Buchanan;Sam Attah-Poku;Hugh G. G. Townsend

  • Relationship between intervertebral joint morphology and mobility in the equine thoracolumbar spine

    H. G. G. Townsend;D. H. Leach

  • Meniscal tears in horses: an evaluation of clinical signs and arthroscopic treatment of 80 cases.

    J. P. Walmsley;T. J. Phillips;H. G. G. Townsend

  • Relationship between spinal biomechanics and pathological changes in the equine thoracolumbar spine

    H. G. G. Townsend;D. H. Leach;C.E. Doige;W. H. Kirkaldy-Willis

  • Intraabdominal carbon dioxide insufflation in the pregnant ewe. Uterine blood flow, intraamniotic pressure, and cardiopulmonary effects.

    Antonio M. Cruz;Lucy C. Southerland;Tanya Duke;Hugh G. G. Townsend

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorne A. Babiuk
Lorne A. Babiuk University of Alberta
George Mutwiri
George Mutwiri University of Saskatchewan
Philip J. Griebel
Philip J. Griebel University of Saskatchewan
Volker Gerdts
Volker Gerdts University of Saskatchewan
Paul S. Morley
Paul S. Morley Texas A&M University
Deborah M. Haines
Deborah M. Haines Western University of Health Sciences
Cheryl L. Waldner
Cheryl L. Waldner University of Saskatchewan
S. van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk
S. van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk University of Saskatchewan
Amy S. Lee
Amy S. Lee University of Southern California
Julius S. Youngner
Julius S. Youngner University of Pittsburgh

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