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Overview

Shayan Sharif is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and has contributed extensively to fields intersecting medicine, immunology and microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including immunology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, animal science and zoology, and molecular biology.

Their research covers key topics such as animal nutrition and physiology, immune response and inflammation, antimicrobial peptides and activities, probiotics and fermented foods, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, gut microbiota and health, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Smart poultry management: Smart sensors, big data, and the internet of things (2020) in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • An analysis of COVID-19 vaccine sentiments and opinions on Twitter (2021) in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Probiotics as Alternatives to Antibiotics for the Prevention and Control of Necrotic Enteritis in Chickens (2022) in Pathogens
  • Systematic profiling of the chicken gut microbiome reveals dietary supplementation with antibiotics alters expression of multiple microbial pathways with minimal impact on community structure (2022) in Microbiome
  • Centennial Review: Effects of vitamins A, D, E, and C on the chicken immune system (2021) in Poultry Science

Sharif has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Viruses
  • Poultry Science
  • Virology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • PLoS ONE

Collaboration is an important aspect of Sharif's work, with frequent co-authors including Mohammadali Alizadeh, Nitish Boodhoo, Bahram Shojadoost, Jake Astill, and Khaled Taha-Abdelaziz.

Best Publications

  • Activation of natural killer T cells by α -galactosylceramide treatment prevents the onset and recurrence of autoimmune Type 1 diabetes

    Shayan Sharif;Guillermo A. Arreaza;Peter Zucker;Qing-Sheng Mi

  • Alteration in immune responsiveness during the peripartum period and its ramification on dairy cow and calf health

    B A Mallard;J C Dekkers;M J Ireland;K E Leslie

  • Probiotics Stimulate Production of Natural Antibodies in Chickens

    Hamid R. Haghighi;Jianhua Gong;Carlton L. Gyles;M. Anthony Hayes

  • Interactions between commensal bacteria and the gut-associated immune system of the chicken

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Joshua Gong;Shayan Sharif

  • Modulation of antibody-mediated immune response by probiotics in chickens.

    Hamid R. Haghighi;Jianhua Gong;Carlton L. Gyles;M. Anthony Hayes

  • Associations of the bovine major histocompatibility complex DRB3 (BoLA‐DRB3) alleles with occurrence of disease and milk somatic cell score in Canadian dairy cattle

    S. Sharif;B. A. Mallard;B. N. Wilkie;J. M. Sargeant

  • Smart poultry management: Smart sensors, big data, and the internet of things

    Jake Astill;Rozita A. Dara;Evan D.G. Fraser;Bruce Roberts

  • Effects of Lactobacilli on Cytokine Expression by Chicken Spleen and Cecal Tonsil Cells

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Joshua Gong;Payvand Parvizi;Shayan Sharif

  • An Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Sentiments and Opinions on Twitter.

    Samira Yousefinaghani;Rozita Dara;Samira Mubareka;Andrew Papadopoulos

  • Differential Expression of CC Chemokines and the CCR5 Receptor in the Pancreas Is Associated with Progression to Type I Diabetes

    Mark J. Cameron;Mark J. Cameron;Guillermo A. Arreaza;Marsha Grattan;Craig Meagher;Craig Meagher

  • Oral treatment of chickens with lactobacilli influences elicitation of immune responses.

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Joshua Gong;Shahriar Orouji;Jessica Esufali

  • Marek's disease in chickens: a review with focus on immunology.

    Nitish Boodhoo;Angila Gurung;Shayan Sharif;Shahriar Behboudi

  • Cytokine gene expression in chicken cecal tonsils following treatment with probiotics and Salmonella infection.

    Hamid R. Haghighi;Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem;Rozita A. Dara;James R. Chambers

  • Gene expression profiling of chicken lymphoid cells after treatment with Lactobacillus acidophilus cellular components.

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Huaijun Zhou;Huaijun Zhou;Huaijun Zhou;Joshua Gong;Parviz Sabour

  • Immunostimulatory properties of Toll-like receptor ligands in chickens.

    Michael St. Paul;Jennifer T. Brisbin;Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem;Shayan Sharif

  • Characterization of Chicken Thrombocyte Responses to Toll-Like Receptor Ligands

    Michael St. Paul;Sarah Paolucci;Neda Barjesteh;R. Darren Wood

  • Development of a real-time PCR assay using SYBR Green chemistry for monitoring Marek's disease virus genome load in feather tips

    Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem;Bruce D. Hunter;Éva Nagy;Leah R. Read

  • Immunization of Broiler Chickens against Clostridium perfringens-Induced Necrotic Enteritis

    R. R. Kulkarni;V. R. Parreira;S. Sharif;J. F. Prescott

  • Cytokine gene expression patterns associated with immunization against Marek's disease in chickens

    Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem;Bruce D. Hunter;Payvand Parvizi;Hamid R. Haghighi

  • Expression of antimicrobial peptides in cecal tonsils of chickens treated with probiotics and infected with Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium.

    Mohammad Reza Akbari;Mohammad Reza Akbari;Hamid Reza Haghighi;James R. Chambers;Jennifer Brisbin

  • Induction of innate host responses in the lungs of chickens following infection with a very virulent strain of Marek's disease virus.

    Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem;Kamran Haq;Sangitha Shanmuganathan;Leah R. Read

  • Marek's disease virus-induced transient paralysis is associated with cytokine gene expression in the nervous system.

    M.F. Abdul-Careem;B.D. Hunter;A.J. Sarson;A. Mayameei

  • Insights into the role of Toll-like receptors in modulation of T cell responses

    Raveendra Kulkarni;Shahriar Behboudi;Shayan Sharif

Frequent Co-Authors

Huaijun Zhou
Huaijun Zhou University of California, Davis
Terry L. Delovitch
Terry L. Delovitch University of Western Ontario
Bonnie A. Mallard
Bonnie A. Mallard University of Guelph
J. Scott Weese
J. Scott Weese University of Guelph
John Parkinson
John Parkinson University of Toronto
Mark Cameron
Mark Cameron Case Western Reserve University
Evan D. G. Fraser
Evan D. G. Fraser University of Guelph
John F. Prescott
John F. Prescott University of Guelph
Jan M. Sargeant
Jan M. Sargeant University of Guelph
Ken E. Leslie
Ken E. Leslie University of Guelph

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