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I. Martin Sheldon is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology.

The scholar has produced extensive work in subfields such as agronomy and crop science, immunology, genetics, molecular biology, and animal science and zoology. Within these areas, their research topics cover reproductive physiology in livestock, reproductive system and pregnancy, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, reproductive biology and fertility, immune response and inflammation, and sphingolipid metabolism and signaling.

Frequent co-authors include John J. Bromfield, Thomas J. R. Ormsby, J.E.P. Santos, J. Cronin, and Anthony D Horlock.

Their publications have appeared in a variety of venues, notably:

  • Theriogenology
  • Reproduction
  • Biology of Reproduction
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Dairy Science

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by I. Martin Sheldon include:

  • "Preventing postpartum uterine disease in dairy cattle depends on avoiding, tolerating and resisting pathogenic bacteria," 2020, Theriogenology
  • "Review: Perspective on high-performing dairy cows and herds," 2021, animal
  • "Uterine infection alters the transcriptome of the bovine reproductive tract three months later," 2020, Reproduction
  • "Conceptus-induced, interferon tau-dependent gene expression in bovine endometrial epithelial and stromal cells†," 2020, Biology of Reproduction
  • "Effect of calving season on metritis incidence and bacterial content of the vagina in dairy cows," 2022, Theriogenology

Best Publications

  • Defining postpartum uterine disease in cattle.

    I. Martin Sheldon;Gregory S. Lewis;Stephen LeBlanc;Robert O. Gilbert

  • Defining Postpartum Uterine Disease and the Mechanisms of Infection and Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract in Cattle

    I. Martin Sheldon;James Cronin;Leopold Goetze;Gaetano Donofrio

  • Clinical evaluation of postpartum vaginal mucus reflects uterine bacterial infection and the immune response in cattle.

    Erin J. Williams;Deborah P. Fischer;Dirk U. Pfeiffer;Gary C.W. England

  • Uterine diseases in cattle after parturition.

    I. Martin Sheldon;Erin J. Williams;Aleisha N.A. Miller;Deborah M. Nash

  • Ovarian follicular cells have innate immune capabilities that modulate their endocrine function

    Shan Herath;Erin J Williams;Sonia T Lilly;Robert O Gilbert

  • Expression and function of Toll-like receptor 4 in the endometrial cells of the uterus.

    Shan Herath;Deborah P. Fischer;Dirk Werling;Erin J. Williams

  • Specific strains of Escherichia coli are pathogenic for the endometrium of cattle and cause pelvic inflammatory disease in cattle and mice.

    I. Martin Sheldon;Andrew N. Rycroft;Belgin Dogan;Melanie Craven

  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 and MYD88-Dependent Signaling Mechanisms of the Innate Immune System Are Essential for the Response to Lipopolysaccharide by Epithelial and Stromal Cells of the Bovine Endometrium

    James G. Cronin;Matthew L. Turner;Leopold Goetze;Clare E. Bryant

  • Mechanisms of Infertility Associated with Clinical and Subclinical Endometritis in High Producing Dairy Cattle

    IM Sheldon;SB Price;J Cronin;RO Gilbert

  • Risk factors for clinical endometritis in postpartum dairy cattle.

    Timothy J. Potter;Javier Guitian;John Fishwick;Patrick J. Gordon

  • Dynasore - not just a dynamin inhibitor

    Giulio Preta;James G Cronin;I Martin Sheldon

  • Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Induces an Endocrine Switch from Prostaglandin F2α to Prostaglandin E2 in Bovine Endometrium

    Shan Herath;Sonia T. Lilly;Deborah P. Fischer;Erin J. Williams

  • The postpartum uterus.

    I. Martin Sheldon

  • Toll-like receptor and antimicrobial peptide expression in the bovine endometrium

    Darren Davies;Kieran G Meade;Shan Herath;P David Eckersall

  • Expression of genes associated with immunity in the endometrium of cattle with disparate postpartum uterine disease and fertility

    Shan Herath;Sonia T Lilly;Natalia R Santos;Robert O Gilbert

  • Lipopolysaccharide Initiates Inflammation in Bovine Granulosa Cells via the TLR4 Pathway and Perturbs Oocyte Meiotic Progression in Vitro

    John J. Bromfield;I. Martin Sheldon

  • Tolerance and Innate Immunity Shape the Development of Postpartum Uterine Disease and the Impact of Endometritis in Dairy Cattle

    I. Martin Sheldon;James G. Cronin;John J. Bromfield

  • The effect of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide and tumour necrosis factor alpha on ovarian function.

    Erin J. Williams;Erin J. Williams;Kelly Sibley;Aleisha N. Miller;Elizabeth A. Lane

  • Innate immunity and inflammation of the bovine female reproductive tract in health and disease

    I Martin Sheldon;James G Cronin;Gareth D Healey;Christoph Gabler

  • Lipopolysaccharide Reduces the Primordial Follicle Pool in the Bovine Ovarian Cortex Ex Vivo and in the Murine Ovary In Vivo

    John J. Bromfield;I. Martin Sheldon

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Bromfield
John J. Bromfield University of Florida
José E. P. Santos
José E. P. Santos University of Florida
Clare E. Bryant
Clare E. Bryant University of Cambridge
David Smith
David Smith University of Oxford
Robert O. Gilbert
Robert O. Gilbert Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Patrick Lonergan
Patrick Lonergan University College Dublin
Stephen J. LeBlanc
Stephen J. LeBlanc University of Guelph
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Javier Guitian
Javier Guitian Royal Veterinary College
Wolfgang Heuwieser
Wolfgang Heuwieser Freie Universität Berlin

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