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Shelley F. Walton is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Their research concentrates primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on infectious diseases, immunology, and parasitology. Walton's contributions encompass a range of topics including dermatological diseases and infestations, antimicrobial peptides and activities, bird parasitology and diseases, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, immunotherapy and immune responses, immune cell function and interaction, and immune response and inflammation.

Walton has published extensively in several scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • The 2020 International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies, 2020, British Journal of Dermatology
  • Targeting interleukin-10 signalling for cancer immunotherapy, a promising and complicated task, 2020, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Host-Defense Peptides Caerin 1.1 and 1.9 Stimulate TNF-Alpha-Dependent Apoptotic Signals in Human Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Early immune suppression leads to uncontrolled mite proliferation and potent host inflammatory responses in a porcine model of crusted versus ordinary scabies, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Multi-epitope based vaccine design against Sarcoptes scabiei paramyosin using immunoinformatics approach, 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walton include Guoying Ni, Tianfang Wang, Xiaosong Liu, Hejie Li, and Bowei Ma.

Walton's research has been published in journals such as:

  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Frontiers in Immunology

The scientist's work spans multiple main fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Key subfields of their research include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology
  • Cancer Research

The principal research topics addressed by Walton are:

  • Dermatological diseases and infestations
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Best Publications

  • Problems in Diagnosing Scabies, a Global Disease in Human and Animal Populations

    Shelley F. Walton;Bart J. Currie;Bart J. Currie

  • Scabies in the developing world–-its prevalence, complications, and management

    R.J. Hay;A.C. Steer;D. Engelman;S. Walton

  • Crusted scabies: clinical and immunological findings in seventy-eight patients and a review of the literature.

    L J Roberts;Sarah Huffam;Shelley F Walton;Bart John Currie;Bart John Currie

  • First Documentation of In Vivo and In Vitro Ivermectin Resistance in Sarcoptes scabiei

    Bart J. Currie;Bart J. Currie;Pearly Harumal;Melita McKinnon;Shelley F. Walton

  • Scabies: more than just an irritation.

    J. S. McCarthy;David J. Kemp;Shelley F. Walton;Bart J. Currie

  • The 2020 International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies.

    D. Engelman;J. Yoshizumi;R. J. Hay;M. Osti

  • Scabies: new future for a neglected disease.

    Shelley F Walton;Deborah C Holt;Bart John Currie;David J Kemp

  • Acaricidal Activity of Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) Oil: In Vitro Sensitivity of Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis to Terpinen-4-ol

    Shelley F. Walton;Melita McKinnon;Susan J. Pizzutto;Annette Dougall

  • Studies in vitro on the relative efficacy of current acaricides for Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

    S.F. Walton;M.R. Myerscough;B.J. Currie

  • The immunology of susceptibility and resistance to scabies.

    Shelley F Walton

  • New insights into disease pathogenesis in crusted (Norwegian) scabies: the skin immune response in crusted scabies

    Shelley Faye Walton;D Beroukas;P Roberts-Thomson;Bart Currie;Bart Currie

  • Evidence incriminating midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as potential vectors of Leishmania in Australia.

    Annette M. Dougall;Bruce Alexander;Deborah C. Holt;Tegan Harris

  • Genetic epidemiology of Sarcoptes scabiei (Acari: Sarcoptidae) in northern Australia.

    Shelley Walton;Annette Marie Dougall;Susan Pizzutto;Deborah Holt

  • Genetically distinct dog-derived and human-derived Sarcoptes scabiei in scabies-endemic communities in northern Australia.

    S F Walton;J L Choy;A Bonson;A Valle

  • Host immune responses to the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, in humans

    Sajad A. Bhat;Kate E. Mounsey;Xiaosong Liu;Shelley F. Walton

  • Scabies: molecular perspectives and therapeutic implications in the face of emerging drug resistance

    Kate E Mounsey;Deborah C Holt;James McCarthy;Bart J Currie

  • Increased Allergic Immune Response to Sarcoptes scabiei Antigens in Crusted versus Ordinary Scabies

    Shelley F. Walton;Susan Pizzutto;Amy Slender;Linda Viberg

  • Generation and characterization of cDNA clones from Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis for an expressed sequence tag library: identification of homologues of house dust mite allergens.

    Katja Fischer;Deborah C. Holt;Pearly Harumal;Bart J. Currie

  • High-resolution melt analysis for the detection of a mutation associated with permethrin resistance in a population of scabies mites.

    Cielo Pasay;Larry Arlian;Marjorie Morgan;D Vyszenski-Moher

  • A novel clinical grading scale to guide the management of crusted scabies.

    Joshua S. Davis;Steven McGloughlin;Steven Y. C. Tong;Shelley F. Walton

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University
James S. McCarthy
James S. McCarthy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Larry G. Arlian
Larry G. Arlian Wright State University
Kathelijn Fischer
Kathelijn Fischer Utrecht University
Rachel Davey
Rachel Davey University of Canberra
Robyn E O'Hehir
Robyn E O'Hehir Monash University
Jennifer M. Rolland
Jennifer M. Rolland Monash University
Roderick J. Hay
Roderick J. Hay King's College London
Richard Malik
Richard Malik University of Sydney
Ramón C. Soriguer
Ramón C. Soriguer Spanish National Research Council

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