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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Rutten, VPMG

BSc MSc PhD(Utrecht) - Extraordinary Professor

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Van Rhijn I, Nguyen TKA, Michel AL, Cooper D, Covaerts M, Cheng T, Van Eden W, Moody D, Coetzer JAW, Rutten VPMG, Koets AP: 2009. Low cross-reactivity of T-cell responses against lipids from Mycobacterium bovis and M. avium paratuberculosis during natural infection. European Journal of Immunology, 39 (11), pp 3031-3041.

Schlotter YM, Rutten VPMG, Riemers F, Davenport G, Knol EF, Willemse T: 2009. Altered expression of fatty acid desaturases in the skin of dogs with atopic dermatitis. Journal of Dermatological Science, 54, pp 49-52, Full Text

Looringh van Beeck FA, Reinink P, Hermsen R, Zajonc DM, Laven MJ, Fun A, Troskie M, Schoemaker NJ, Morar D, Lenstra JA, Vervelde L, Rutten VPMG, Van Eden W, Van Rhijn I: 2009. Functional CD1d and/or NKT cell invariant chain transcript in horse, pig, African elephant and guinea pig, but not in ruminants. Molecular Immunology, 46, pp 1424-1431.

Van Engelen E, Breeveld-Dwarkasing VNA, Everts ME, Van Der Weyden GC, Taverne MAM, Rutten VPMG: 2009. Smooth muscle cells of the bovine cervical stroma may have a secretory, rather than a contractile function during parturition. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 44, pp 303-311.

Van Engelen E, De Groot MW, Breeveld-Dwarkasing VNA, Everts ME, Van Der Weyden GC, Taverne MAM, Rutten VPMG: 2009. Cervical ripening and parturition in cows are driven by a cascade of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 44, pp 834-841.

Santema WJ, Hensen S, Rutten VPMG, Koets AP: 2009. Heat shock protein 70 subunit vaccination against bovine paratuberculosis does not interfere with current immunodiagnostic assays for bovine tuberculosis. Vaccine, 27, pp 2312-2319.

Nguyen TKA, Koets AP, Santema WJ, Van Eden W, Rutten VPMG, Van Rhijn I: 2009. The mycobacterial glycolipid glucose monomycolate induces a memory T cell response comparable to a model protein antigen and no B cell response upon experimental vaccination of cattle. Vaccine, 27, pp 4818-4825, Full Text

Schlotter YM, Veenhof EZ, Brinkhof B, Rutten VPMG, Spee B, Willemse T, Penning LC: 2009. A GeNorm algorithm-based selection of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR in skin biopsies of healthy dogs and dogs with atopic dermatitis. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 129, pp 115-118, Full Text

Santema WJ, Overdijk M, Barends J, Krijgsveld J, Rutten VPMG, Koets AP: 2009. Searching for proteins of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis with diagnostic potential by comparative qualitative proteomic analysis of mycobacterial tuberculins. Veterinary Microbiology, 138, pp 191-196.

Hoek A, Rutten VPMG, Kool J, Arkesteijn GJA, Bouwstra RJ, Van Rhijn I, Koets AP: 2009. Subpopulations of bovine WC1+gddelta T cells rather than CD4+CD25highFoxp3+ T cells act as immune regulatory cells ex vivo. Veterinary Research, 40 (06), pp 1-14, Full Text

 

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