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  1. Challenges for Animal Health and Production in the Tropics and Mediterranean for the next 55 years

    Article • Tropical Animal Health and Production, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felix Toka

  2. Determination of minimum individual cow colostral immunoglobulin G concentration required to provide adequate total immunoglobulin G mass in pooled colostrum fed to Jersey calves

    Article • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, March 2024, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

    Felix Toka

  3. Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotypes, isolated from imported, farmed and feral poultry in the Cayman Islands

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, February 2024, Frontiers

    Felix Toka

  4. Ectromelia Virus Affects the Formation and Spatial Organization of Adhesive Structures in Murine Dendritic Cells In Vitro

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  5. Differential Activation of Splenic cDC1 and cDC2 Cell Subsets following Poxvirus Infection of BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice

    Article • Cells, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  6. Orthopoxvirus Zoonoses—Do We Still Remember and Are Ready to Fight?

    Article • Pathogens, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  7. Sex-differential non-specific effects of adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted rabies vaccines versus placebo on all-cause mortality in dogs (NERVE-Dog study): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial with a nested case–control study

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felix Toka

  8. Non-specific effects of veterinary vaccines: a systematic review

    Article • Vaccine, March 2022, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  9. Disrupting Neurons and Glial Cells Oneness in the Brain—The Possible Causal Role of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  10. Identification and Antimicrobial Resistance of Dermatophilus congolensis from Cattle in Saint Kitts and Nevis

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  11. Nonlinear Mixed-Effect Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Distribution of Doxycycline in Healthy Female Donkeys after Multiple Intragastric Dosing–Preliminary Investigation

    Article • Animals, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  12. Comprehensive Molecular Dissection of Dermatophilus congolensis Genome and First Observation of tet(Z) Tetracycline Resistance

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  13. Draft Genome Sequences of 40 Dermatophilus congolensis Isolates from Bovine Dermatophilosis Cases in St. Kitts and Nevis

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, May 2021, ASM Journals

    Felix Toka

  14. Cell Surface Expression of Endosomal Toll-Like Receptors—A Necessity or a Superfluous Duplication?

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, February 2021, Frontiers

    Felix Toka

  15. Potential use of a canine whole blood culture system to evaluate the immune response to Leptospira

    Article • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, December 2020, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  16. Role of Cadherins in Cancer—A Review

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  17. Rabies Vaccination of 6-Week-Old Puppies Born to Immunized Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a High-Mortality Population of Owned, Free-Roaming Dogs

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka, Prof Claude Sabeta

  18. Mitochondria-related gene expression profiles in murine fibroblasts and macrophages during later stages of ectromelia virus infection in vitro

    Article • Acta Virologica, January 2020, Frontiers

    Felix Toka

  19. Mitochondrial Heat Shock Response Induced by Ectromelia Virus is Accompanied by Reduced Apoptotic Potential in Murine L929 Fibroblasts

    Article • Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felix Toka

  20. Deficiency of Selected Cathepsins Does Not Affect the Inhibitory Action of ECTV on Immune Properties of Dendritic Cells

    Article • Immunological Investigations, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Felix Toka

  21. Ectromelia virus suppresses expression of cathepsins and cystatins in conventional dendritic cells to efficiently execute the replication process

    Article • BMC Microbiology, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felix Toka

  22. Syk and Hrs Regulate TLR3-Mediated Antiviral Response in Murine Astrocytes

    Article • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, April 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Felix Toka

  23. ECTV Abolishes the Ability of GM-BM Cells to Stimulate Allogeneic CD4 T Cells in a Mouse Strain-Independent Manner

    Article • Immunological Investigations, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Felix Toka

  24. Bacterial and viral pathogen-associated molecular patterns induce divergent early transcriptomic landscapes in a bovine macrophage cell line

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felix Toka

  25. Ectromelia virus induces tubulin cytoskeletal rearrangement in immune cells accompanied by a loss of the microtubule organizing center and increased α-tubulin acetylation

    Article • Archives of Virology, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felix Toka

  26. Ectromelia Virus Affects Mitochondrial Network Morphology, Distribution, and Physiology in Murine Fibroblasts and Macrophage Cell Line

    Article • Viruses, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Felix Toka

  27. Functional failure of TLR3 and its signaling components contribute to herpes simplex encephalitis

    Article • Journal of Neuroimmunology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  28. Long actin-based cellular protrusions as novel evidence of the cytopathic effect induced in immune cells infected by the ectromelia virus

    Article • Central European Journal of Immunology, January 2018, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Felix Toka

  29. The in Vitro Inhibitory Effect of Ectromelia Virus Infection on Innate and Adaptive Immune Properties of GM-CSF-Derived Bone Marrow Cells Is Mouse Strain-Independent

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2017, Frontiers

    Felix Toka

  30. Functional paralysis of GM-CSF–derived bone marrow cells productively infected with ectromelia virus

    Article • PLOS One, June 2017, PLOS

    Felix Toka

  31. Innate Immune Gene Transcript Level Associated with the Infection of Macrophages with Ectromelia Virus in Two Different Mouse Strains

    Article • Viral Immunology, June 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Felix Toka

  32. Bovine gamma/delta T cells are stimulated by bovine coronavirus antigens identified by a soluble T cells receptor

    Article • Medycyna Weterynaryjna, January 2017, Medycyna Weterynaryjna - Redakcja

    Felix Toka

  33. Existence of a weak cytotoxic CD4+ T cell population in mice infected with ectromelia virus

    Article • Medycyna Weterynaryjna, January 2017, Medycyna Weterynaryjna - Redakcja

    Felix Toka

  34. Remodeling of the fibroblast cytoskeletal architecture during the replication cycle of Ectromelia virus: A morphological in vitro study in a murine cell line

    Article • Cytoskeleton, May 2016, Wiley

    Felix Toka

  35. Limfocyty Th17 w zakażeniach bakteryjnych

    Article • Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej, April 2015, Index Copernicus

    Felix Toka

  36. Infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) induces a natural killer (NK) cell response in cattle that is lacking following vaccination

    Article • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, September 2014, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  37. Cell mediated innate responses of cattle and swine are diverse during foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) infection: A unique landscape of innate immunity

    Article • Immunology Letters, May 2013, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  38. Rapid and Transient Activation of γδ T Cells to IFN-γ Production, NK Cell-Like Killing, and Antigen Processing during Acute Virus Infection

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, March 2011, The American Association of Immunologists

    Felix Toka

  39. Induction of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Cell Killing by Vaccination

    Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, December 2010, ASM Journals

    Felix Toka

  40. Letter to the Editor

    Article • Viral Immunology, June 2010, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Felix Toka

  41. Loss of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Function Coincides with Lymphopenia and Viremia During Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Infection

    Article • Viral Immunology, February 2010, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Felix Toka

  42. Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction during Acute Infection with Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

    Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Felix Toka

  43. Accessory-Cell-Mediated Activation of Porcine NK Cells by Toll-Like Receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR8 Agonists

    Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, April 2009, ASM Journals

    Felix Toka

  44. Activation of Porcine Natural Killer Cells and Lysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Infected Cells

    Article • Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, March 2009, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Felix Toka

  45. Langerhans cells in porcine skin

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  46. Immune evasion during foot-and-mouth disease virus infection of swine

    Article • Immunological Reviews, October 2008, Wiley

    Felix Toka

  47. Interferon-α Production by Swine Dendritic Cells Is Inhibited During Acute Infection with Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

    Article • Viral Immunology, March 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Felix Toka

  48. Mucosal application of plasmid-encoded IL-15 sustains a highly protective anti-Herpes simplex virus immunity

    Article • Journal of Leukocyte Biology, April 2005, Wiley

    Felix Toka

  49. Rescue of memory CD8+ T cell reactivity in peptide/TLR9 ligand immunization by codelivery of cytokines or CD40 ligation

    Article • Virology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  50. CD4+ CD25+ T Cells Regulate Vaccine-Generated Primary and Memory CD8+ T-Cell Responses against Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2004, ASM Journals

    Felix Toka

  51. Molecular adjuvants for mucosal immunity

    Article • Immunological Reviews, June 2004, Wiley

    Felix Toka

  52. Codelivery of CCR7 Ligands as Molecular Adjuvants Enhances the Protective Immune Response against Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2003, ASM Journals

    Felix Toka

  53. Pathogenesis of mousepox in H-2d mice: evidence for MHC class I-restricted CD8+ and MHC class II-restricted CD4+ CTL antiviral activity in the lymph nodes, spleen and skin, but not in the conjunctivae

    Article • Microbes and Infection, November 2001, Elsevier

    Felix Toka

  54. Minocycline slows progress of Huntington's disease in mice

    Article • BMJ, July 2000, BMJ

    Felix Toka

  55. Homing Studies on Distribution of Ectromelia (Mousepox) Virus-Specific T Cells Adoptively Transferred into Syngeneic H-2d Mice: Paradigm of Lymphocyte Migration

    Article • Viral Immunology, January 2000, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Felix Toka

  56. The Cytosolic Free Ca2+ in Ectromelia (Mousepox) Virus Stimulated Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes

    Article • Viral Immunology, January 1996, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Felix Toka