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Overview

William C. Davis is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a particular focus on epidemiology, immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and surgery.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis research and epidemiology
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Immune response and inflammation
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Marine animal studies overview

William C. Davis has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Gaber S. Abdellrazeq, Victoria Hulubei, Lindsay M. Fry, Asmaa H. Mahmoud, and Mahmoud M. Elnaggar.

Their recent papers include:

  • Simultaneous cognate epitope recognition by bovine CD4 and CD8 T cells is essential for primary expansion of antigen-specific cytotoxic T-cells following ex vivo stimulation with a candidate Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis peptide vaccine, 2020, Vaccine
  • Au@PtPd enhanced immunoassay with 3D printed smartphone device for quantification of diaminochlorotriazine (DACT), the major atrazine biomarker, 2022, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Assessment of Multicolor Flow Cytometry Panels to Study Leukocyte Subset Alterations in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) During BVDV Acute Infection, 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Flow cytometric detection of IFN-γ production and Caspase-3 activation in CD4+ T lymphocytes to discriminate between healthy and Mycobacterium bovis naturally infected water buffaloes, 2023, Tuberculosis
  • relA is Achilles' heel for mycobacterial pathogens as demonstrated with deletion mutants in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), 2020, Tuberculosis

Frequent publication venues where William C. Davis has contributed include:

  • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Tuberculosis
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccine

Best Publications

  • The development and analysis of species specific and cross reactive monoclonal antibodies to leukocyte differentiation antigens and antigens of the major histocompatibility complex for use in the study of the immune system in cattle and other species

    William C. Davis;Suzana Marusic;Harris A. Lewin;Gary A. Splitter

  • Airway Mucin Concentration as a Marker of Chronic Bronchitis.

    Mehmet Kesimer;Amina A. Ford;Agathe Ceppe;Giorgia Radicioni

  • Invasion and Persistence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis during Early Stages of Johne's Disease in Calves

    Chia-wei Wu;Michael Livesey;Shelly K. Schmoller;Elizabeth J. B. Manning

  • The Anaplasma marginale msp5 gene encodes a 19-kilodalton protein conserved in all recognized Anaplasma species.

    E S Visser;T C McGuire;G H Palmer;W C Davis

  • Early induction of humoral and cellular immune responses during experimental Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection of calves.

    W. R. Waters;J. M. Miller;M. V. Palmer;J. R. Stabel

  • Bovine mononuclear leukocyte subpopulations in peripheral blood and mammary gland secretions during lactation.

    Y.H. Park;L.K. Fox;M.J. Hamilton;W.C. Davis

  • Identification of two distinct subsets of bovine gamma delta T cells with unique cell surface phenotype and tissue distribution.

    Niall D. MacHugh;J.K. Mburu;M.J. Carol;C.R. Wyatt

  • Immunization with an Isolate-Common Surface Protein Protects Cattle against Anaplasmosis

    Guy H. Palmer;Anthony F. Barbet;William C. Davis;Travis C. McGuire

  • Analysis of monoclonal antibodies specific for the gamma delta TcR.

    W.C. Davis;W.C. Brown;M.J. Hamilton;C.R. Wyatt

  • Common and isolate-restricted antigens of Anaplasma marginale detected with monoclonal antibodies.

    T C McGuire;G H Palmer;W L Goff;M I Johnson

  • Suppression of proliferative response of BoCD4+ T lymphocytes by activated BoCD8+ T lymphocytes in the mammary gland of cows with Staphylococcus aureus mastitis.

    Yong Ho Park;Lawrence K. Fox;Mary J. Hamilton;William C. Davis

  • Experimental challenge models for Johne's disease: a review and proposed international guidelines.

    Murray E. Hines;Judith R. Stabel;Raymond W. Sweeney;Frank Griffin

  • Differentiation antigens expressed predominantly on CD4− CD8− T lymphocytes (WC1, WC2)

    W.I. Morrison;W.C. Davis

  • Report of the Second Equine Leucocyte Antigen Workshop, Squaw valley, California, July 1995.

    D.P Lunn;M.A Holmes;D.F Antczak;N Agerwal

  • Differential distribution of γδT-cell receptor lymphocyte subpopulations in blood and spleen of young and adult cattle

    Carol R. Wyatt;Claudio Madruga;Chris Cluff;Steve Parish

  • Antibodies define multiple proteins with epitopes exposed on the surface of live Babesia bigemina merozoites.

    T F McElwain;L E Perryman;W C Davis;T C McGuire

  • Lymphocyte population changes in cats naturally infected with feline immunodeficiency virus.

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  • Tuberculosis immunity: opportunities from studies with cattle.

    W. Ray Waters;Mitchell V. Palmer;Tyler C. Thacker;William C. Davis

  • Immunization of cattle with a 36-kilodalton surface protein induces protection against homologous and heterologous Anaplasma marginale challenge.

    G H Palmer;S M Oberle;A F Barbet;W L Goff

  • A flow cytometric method for assessing viability of intraerythrocytic hemoparasites.

    Carol R. Wyatt;Will Goff;William C. Davis

  • Characterization of monoclonal antibodies to feline T lymphocytes and their use in the analysis of lymphocyte tissue distribution in the cat.

    Mary B. Tompkins;Douglas H. Gebhard;H.R. Bingham;M.J. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Travis C. McGuire
Travis C. McGuire Washington State University
Donald P. Knowles
Donald P. Knowles Washington State University
Yong Ho Park
Yong Ho Park Seoul National University
Gregory A. Bohach
Gregory A. Bohach Mississippi State University
Wendy C. Brown
Wendy C. Brown Washington State University
Guy H. Palmer
Guy H. Palmer Washington State University
Joan K. Lunney
Joan K. Lunney Agricultural Research Service
John P. Bannantine
John P. Bannantine Agricultural Research Service
Lawrence K. Fox
Lawrence K. Fox Washington State University
Armin Saalmüller
Armin Saalmüller University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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