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Immunity in society: diverse solutions to common problems
Babayan S. A. and Schneider D. S. -- PLoS Biology (Accepted)
Harnessing evolutionary biology to combat infectious disease
Little T. J., Allen J. E., Babayan S. A., Matthews K. R. & Colegrave N. (2012) Nat Med 18: 217-220.
Future prospects and challenges of vaccines against filariasis.
Babayan, S. A., Allen, J. E., & Taylor, D. W. (2011). Parasite Immunol. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01350.x
Wild immunology: converging on the real world
Babayan S. A., Allen J. E., Bradley J. E., Geuking M. B., Graham A. L., Grencis R. K., Kaufman J., McCoy K. D., Paterson S., Smith K. G., Turnbaugh P. J., Viney M. E., Maizels R. M., & Pedersen A. B. (2011) -- Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1236(1), 17-29. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06251.x
Interactive effects of protein nutrition, genetic growth potential and Heligmosomoides bakeri infection pressure on resilience, resistance and serum antibodies in mice
Coltherd J. C., Babayan S. A., Bünger L., Kyriazakis I., Allen J. E. & Houdijk J. G. M. -- Parasitology (2011) vol. 138, pp. 1305-15
Wild Immunology
Pedersen A. B. and Babayan, S. A. -- Molecular Ecology (2011) -- doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04938.x
Filarial Parasites Develop Faster and Reproduce Earlier in Response to Host Immune Effectors That Determine Filarial Life Expectancy
Babayan, S. A., Read, A. F., Lawrence, R. A., Bain, O. & Allen, J. E. -- PloS Biology (2010) vol. 8 (10) e1000525.
Immune responses to macroparasites are sensitive to the interaction between genetic growth potential and protein nutrition in mice
Coltherd J. C., Babayan S. A., Bunger L., Kyriazakis I., Allen J. E. and Houdijk J. G. M. -- Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2009), 68 (OCE), E101
Does Litomosoides sigmodontis synthesize dimethylethanolamine from choline?
Houston K.M., Babayan S.A., Allen J.E., and Harnett W. -- Parasitology (2008) vol. 135 (Pt 1) pp. 55-61
Pleural cellular reaction to the filarial infection Litomosoides sigmodontis is determined by the moulting process, the worm alteration, and the host strain
Attout T., Martin C., Babayan S.A., Kozek W.J., Bazzocchi C., Oudet F., Gallagher I.J., Specht S., and Bain O. -- Parasitol Int (2008) vol. 57 (2) pp. 201-11
CTLA-4 and CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells Inhibit Protective Immunity to Filarial Parasites In Vivo
Taylor M.D., Harris A., Babayan S.A., Bain O., Culshaw A., Allen J.E., and Maizels R.M. -- J Immunol (2007) vol. 179 (7) pp. 4626-34
Vaccination against filarial nematodes with irradiated larvae provides long-term protection against the third larval stage but not against subsequent life cycle stages
Babayan S.A., Attout T., Harris A., Taylor M.D., Le Goff L., Vuong P.N., Renia L., Allen J.E., and Bain O. -- Int. J. Parasitol. (2006) vol. 36 (8) pp. 903-14.
Blood-feeding in the young adult filarial worms Litomosoides sigmodontis
Attout T., Babayan S., Hoerauf A., Taylor D.W., Kozek W.J., Martin C., and Bain O. -- Parasitology (2005) vol. 130 (Pt 4) pp. 421-8
Increased early local immune responses and altered worm development in high-dose infections of mice susceptible to the filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis
Babayan S., Attout T., Specht S., Hoerauf A., Snounou G., Renia L., Korenaga M., Bain O., and Martin C. -- Med. Microbiol. Immunol. (2005) vol. 194 (3) pp. 151-62
The subcutaneous movements of filarial infective larvae are impaired in vaccinated hosts in comparison to primary infected hosts
Babayan S.A., Attout T., Vuong P.N., Le Goff L., Gantier J.C., and Bain O. -- Filaria J (2005) vol. 4 pp. 3
Behaviour of filariae: morphological and anatomical signatures of their life style within the arthropod and vertebrate hosts
Bain O., and Babayan S. -- Filaria J (2003) vol. 2 (1) pp. 16
Resistance and susceptibility to filarial infection with Litomosoides sigmodontis are associated with early differences in parasite development and in localized immune reactions
Babayan S., Ungeheuer M.N., Martin C., Attout T., Belnoue E., Snounou G., Renia L., Korenaga M., and Bain O. -- Infect. Immun. (2003) vol. 71 (12) pp. 6820-9
First account on the larval biology of a Litomosoides filaria, from a bat
Bain O., Babayan S., Gomes J., Rojas G., and Guerrero R. -- Parassitologia. (2002) vol. 44, pp. 89-92
B-cell deficiency suppresses vaccine-induced protection against murine filariasis but does not increase the recovery rate for primary infection
Martin C., Saeftel M., Vuong P.N., Babayan S., Fischer K., Bain O., and Hoerauf A. -- Infect. Immun. (2001) vol. 69 (11) pp. 7067-73.
Examination of type material of two species of Litomosoides (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae), parasites from bats; taxonomic consequences
Bain O., Guerrero R., Rodriguez B., Babayan S., and Jouvenet N. -- Parasite (2003) vol. 10, pp. 211-8.