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The effect of Psoroptes ovis infestation on ovine epidermal barrier function

Overview of attention for article published in Veterinary Research, February 2013
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Title
The effect of Psoroptes ovis infestation on ovine epidermal barrier function
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Veterinary Research, February 2013
DOI 10.1186/1297-9716-44-11
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Miriam R Stoeckli, Tom N McNeilly, David Frew, Edward J Marr, Alasdair J Nisbet, Adri HM van den Broek, Stewart TG Burgess

Abstract

Sheep scab is an intensively pruritic, exudative and allergic dermatitis of sheep caused by the ectoparasitic mite Psoroptes ovis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of P. ovis infestation on different components of the ovine epidermal barrier within the first 24 hours post-infestation (hpi). To achieve this, the expression of epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) genes and epidermal barrier proteins, the nature and severity of epidermal pathology and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) were evaluated.By 1 hpi a significant dermal polymorphonuclear infiltrate and a significant increase in TEWL with maximal mean TEWL (598.67 g/m2h) were observed. Epidermal pathology involving intra-epidermal pustulation, loss of epidermal architecture and damage to the basement membrane was seen by 3 hpi. Filaggrin and loricrin protein levels in the stratum corneum declined significantly in the first 24 hpi and qPCR validation confirmed the decrease in expression of the key EDC genes involucrin, filaggrin and loricrin observed by microarray analysis, with 5.8-fold, 4.5-fold and 80-fold decreases, respectively by 24 hpi.The present study has demonstrated that early P. ovis infestation disrupts the ovine epidermal barrier causing significant alterations in the expression of critical barrier components, epidermal pathology, and TEWL. Many of these features have also been documented in human and canine atopic dermatitis suggesting that sheep scab may provide a model for the elucidation of events occurring in the early phases of atopic sensitisation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 4%
Belgium 1 4%
Unknown 23 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 28%
Researcher 4 16%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Professor 2 8%
Other 2 8%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 5 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 36%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 20%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 May 2023.
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#8,475,150
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Outputs from Veterinary Research
#420
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#90,680
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Outputs of similar age from Veterinary Research
#3
of 14 outputs
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