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Professor Alan J Husband

Professor of Veterinary Pathology
Faculty of Veterinary Science,
McMaster Building (B14)
University of Sydney, NSW 2006,
Phone: +61 2 9351 3127
Fax: +61 2 9351 7349
Email:a.husband@vetp.usyd.edu.au
Qualifications BScAgr(Hons), PhD, DSc, FASM
Teaching Areas Immunology, Pathology
Administration Sub-Dean for Research Development
Research Immunology, focussing on mucosal diseases and the role of behaviour, nutrition and stress in health maintenance.
Contribution to the Profession and the Community Member Board of Directors of CRC for Innovative Dairy Products
Maintenance of research and funding relationships between Faculty and industry partners
Patents and IP management for Faculty staff
Selected Publications

1. BAO, S., BEAGLEY, K.W., MURRAY, A.M., CARISTO, V., MATTHAEI, K., YOUNG, I and HUSBAND, A.J. (1998) Intestinal IgA plasma cells of the B1 lineage are IL-5 dependent. Immunology 94 , 181-188

2. BAO, S., BEAGLEY, K.W., ALLANSON, M. AND HUSBAND, A.J. (1998) Exogenous IL-6 promotes enhanced intestinal antibody responses in vivo. Immunol. Cell Biol. 76, 560-562

3. BAO, S., BEAGLEY, K.W., and HUSBAND, A.J. (1999) B1 B cell numbers and anti-phosphoryl choline antibody responses are increased in IL-6 gene knockout mice. Cell. Immunol. 198, 139-142

4. CLEARY, J.A., KELLY, G.E., and HUSBAND, A.J. (1999) The effect of molecular weight and beta-1,6-linkages on priming of macrophage function in mice by (1,3)-beta-D-glucan. Immunol. Cell Biol. 77, 395-403

5. BAO, S., COLE, N., WILLCOX, M., BEAGLEY, K.W. ZHOU,Y-F. and HUSBAND, A.J. (2000) Differential Interleukin-6 mRNA expression in Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection of susceptible and resistant strains of mice. Immunol. Cell Biol. 78, 646-648.

6. SHEN, J., BAO, S., McCLURE, S.J., EMERY, D.L. and HUSBAND, A.J. (2000) Interleukin-6 expression in gut of parasite challenged sheep. Vet. Immunol.Immunopathol. 76, 163-168.

7. CHIN-DUSTING, J.P.F., FISHER, L.J., LEWIS, T.V., NESTEL, P.J., PIEKARSKA, A. and HUSBAND, A.J. (2001) The vascular activity of some isoflavone metabolites: Implications for a cardioprotective role. Br. J. Pharmacol. 133, 595-605.

8. RISBRIDGER, G.P., WANG, H., FRYDENBERG, M. and HUSBAND, A.J. (2001) The in vivo effect of red clover diet on ventral prostate growth in adult male mice. Reprod.Fert.Dev. 13, 325-329