Department of Pathobiology
Dr. Wootton obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Guelph in 2002 before completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington where she studied lung gene therapy and oncogenic retroviruses in the laboratory of Dr. Dusty Miller. In September 2007, Dr. Wootton joined the faculty at the University of Guelph and is now an Associate Professor of Virology in the Department of Pathobiology. The overarching goal of research in her lab is to engineer viral therapies to prevent, treat or cure illnesses including monogenic disorders, infectious diseases and cancer. One of her core research areas focuses on adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. Work in her lab centers on developing a AAV vectors for the treatment of monogenic lung diseases, such as surfactant protein B deficiency and cystic fibrosis, as well as developing AAV vectors for “Vectored Immunoprophylaxis” or VIP, a method to deliver broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibody against pathogens which lack suitable vaccines or therapies.
Antigenic structure of the nucleocapsid protein of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology Nov, 1998 | Pubmed ID: 9801333
Phosphorylation of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus nucleocapsid protein.
Journal of virology Oct, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12239338
Homo-oligomerization of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus nucleocapsid protein and the role of disulfide linkages.
Journal of virology Apr, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12663761
Colocalization and interaction of the porcine arterivirus nucleocapsid protein with the small nucleolar RNA-associated protein fibrillarin.
Journal of virology Nov, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14581554
Full-length genome sequence analysis of enzootic nasal tumor virus reveals an unusually high degree of genetic stability.
Virus research Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20398709
Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus and enzootic nasal tumor virus promoters drive gene expression in all airway epithelial cells of mice but only induce tumors in the alveolar region of the lungs.
Journal of virology Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21593165
Adeno-associated virus vector mediated expression of an oncogenic retroviral envelope protein induces lung adenocarcinomas in immunocompetent mice.
PloS one , 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23251519
Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of chicken interferon-γ expression.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23458611
Genetic characterization of small ruminant lentiviruses circulating in naturally infected sheep and goats in Ontario, Canada.
Virus research Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23583225
Experimental transmission of enzootic nasal adenocarcinoma in sheep.
Veterinary research Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23899161
Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus detected in human lung cancer tissue arrays.
BMC research notes Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24642139
Opposing functions of Akt isoforms in lung tumor initiation and progression.
PloS one , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24722238
Development of an ante-mortem diagnostic test for enzootic nasal tumor virus and detection of neutralizing antibodies in host serum.
The Journal of general virology Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24836673
Immunogenetics of small ruminant lentiviral infections.
Viruses Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25153344
The sheep tetherin paralog oBST2B blocks envelope glycoprotein incorporation into nascent retroviral virions.
Journal of virology Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25339764
Effects of interferon-γ knockdown on vaccine-induced immunity against Marek's disease in chickens.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25673902
Seroconversion of sheep experimentally infected with enzootic nasal tumor virus.
BMC research notes Jan, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26744306
Akt isoform specific effects in ovarian cancer progression.
Oncotarget Nov, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27533079
Truncation of the enzootic nasal tumor virus envelope protein cytoplasmic tail increases Env-mediated fusion and infectivity.
The Journal of general virology 01, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27902399
Construction of a molecular clone of ovine enzootic nasal tumor virus.
Virology journal 12, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 28038674
Prevalence of small ruminant lentivirus and subsp. co-infection in Ontario dairy sheep and dairy goats.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire Apr, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28408784
AAV vector distribution in the mouse respiratory tract following four different methods of administration.
BMC biotechnology 05, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28506256
Enhancing Immune Responses to Cancer Vaccines Using Multi-Site Injections.
Scientific reports 08, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28814733
Critical Interactions between Immunogenic Cancer Cell Death, Oncolytic Viruses, and the Immune System Define the Rational Design of Combination Immunotherapies.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 01, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29311387
Intramuscular Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Expression of Monoclonal Antibodies Provides 100% Protection Against Ebola Virus Infection in Mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases 03, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29365142
Production and Purification of High-Titer Newcastle Disease Virus for Use in Preclinical Mouse Models of Cancer.
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29556508
In ovo administration of Toll-like receptor ligands encapsulated in PLGA nanoparticles impede tumor development in chickens infected with Marek's disease virus.
Vaccine 06, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29859800
A Novel Triple-Mutant AAV6 Capsid Induces Rapid and Potent Transgene Expression in the Muscle and Respiratory Tract of Mice.
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30038936
Use of Precision-Cut Lung Slices as an Tool for Evaluating Viruses and Viral Vectors for Gene and Oncolytic Therapy.
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development Sep, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30112421
Combining Vascular Normalization with an Oncolytic Virus Enhances Immunotherapy in a Preclinical Model of Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 03, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30206160
The effects of in ovo administration of encapsulated Toll-like receptor 21 ligand as an adjuvant with Marek's disease vaccine.
Scientific reports 11, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30401976
AAV-Mediated Gene Delivery to the Lung.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) , 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30783985
Quantifying Antigen-Specific T Cell Responses When Using Antigen-Agnostic Immunotherapies.
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development Jun, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30788384
Myeloid Cells during Viral Infections and Inflammation.
Viruses 02, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30791481
AAV-mediated expression of 3TSR inhibits tumor and metastatic lesion development and extends survival in a murine model of epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
Cancer gene therapy 05, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31160686
Quantifying Antibody Responses Induced by Antigen-Agnostic Immunotherapies.
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31388514
The U3 and Env Proteins of Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus and Enzootic Nasal Tumor Virus Both Contribute to Tissue Tropism.
Viruses 11, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31739606
Optimized Pre-Clinical Grade Production of Two Novel Lentiviral Vector Pseudotypes for Lung Gene Delivery.
Human gene therapy 04, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32000531
Interference chromatography: a novel approach to optimizing chromatographic selectivity and separation performance for virus purification.
BMC biotechnology 06, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32552807
A lung tropic AAV vector improves survival in a mouse model of surfactant B deficiency.
Nature communications 08, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32764559
VHSV IVb infection and autophagy modulation in the rainbow trout gill epithelial cell line RTgill-W1.
Journal of fish diseases Oct, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32794227
Characterization of the Impact of Oncolytic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus on the Trafficking, Phenotype, and Antigen Presentation Potential of Neutrophils and Their Ability to Acquire a Non-Structural Viral Protein.
International journal of molecular sciences Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32882969
Tumour vasculature: Friend or foe of oncolytic viruses?
Cytokine & growth factor reviews 12, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32893095
Engineered AAV8 capsid acquires heparin and AVB sepharose binding capacity but has altered in vivo transduction efficiency.
Gene therapy Oct, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33028973
JSRV Intragenic Enhancer Element Increases Expression from a Heterologous Promoter and Promotes High Level AAV-mediated Transgene Expression in the Lung and Liver of Mice.
Viruses 11, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33172105
AAV Vectored Immunoprophylaxis for Filovirus Infections.
Tropical medicine and infectious disease Nov, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33182447
AAV-mediated delivery of actoxumab and bezlotoxumab results in serum and mucosal antibody concentrations that provide protection from C. difficile toxin challenge.
Gene therapy Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33608675
Combining vanadyl sulfate with Newcastle disease virus potentiates rapid innate immune-mediated regression with curative potential in murine cancer models.
Molecular therapy oncolytics Mar, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33614913
Type I Interferon-Mediated Regulation of Antiviral Capabilities of Neutrophils.
International journal of molecular sciences Apr, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33946935
The Role of Type I Interferon Signaling in Regulating Cytokine Production and Cell Survival in Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages.
Viral immunology Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34097550
A novel mouse AAV6 hACE2 transduction model of wild-type SARS-CoV-2 infection studied using synDNA immunogens.
iScience Jul, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34124612
Efficient Transduction of Alveolar Type 2 Cells with Adeno-associated Virus for the Study of Lung Regeneration.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 07, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34241584
Gene therapy for Fabry disease: Progress, challenges, and outlooks on gene-editing.
Molecular genetics and metabolism Sep-Oct, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34340879
Safety and Tolerability of the Adeno-Associated Virus Vector, AAV6.2FF, Expressing a Monoclonal Antibody in Murine and Ovine Animal Models.
Biomedicines Sep, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34572372
Intranasal vaccination with a Newcastle disease virus-vectored vaccine protects hamsters from SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease.
iScience Nov, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34632328
Macrophage Depletion via Clodronate Pretreatment Reduces Transgene Expression from AAV Vectors In Vivo.
Viruses 10, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34696433
Production and purification of high-titer OrfV for preclinical studies in vaccinology and cancer therapy.
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development Dec, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34786436
Addition of an Fc-IgG induces receptor clustering and increases the in vitro efficacy and in vivo anti-tumor properties of the thrombospondin-1 type I repeats (3TSR) in a mouse model of advanced stage ovarian cancer.
Gynecologic oncology 01, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34799137
Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures.
Vaccines Nov, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34835266
Using a Prime-Boost Vaccination Strategy That Proved Effective for High Resolution Epitope Mapping to Characterize the Elusive Immunogenicity of Survivin.
Cancers Dec, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34944889
AAV-Vectored Expression of the Vascular Normalizing Agents 3TSR and Fc3TSR, and the Anti-Angiogenic Bevacizumab Extends Survival in a Murine Model of End-Stage Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma.
Biomedicines Feb, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35203573
Oncolytic Orf virus licenses NK cells via cDC1 to activate innate and adaptive antitumor mechanisms and extends survival in a murine model of late-stage ovarian cancer.
Journal for immunotherapy of cancer Mar, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35296558
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