The immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons

Nathusius' bats optimize long-distance migration by flying at maximum range speed

(2019) Sara A. Troxell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Immune response of hibernating European bats to a fungal challenge

(2019) Marcus Fritze et al.   Biology Open

Migratory flight imposes oxidative stress in bats

(2018) David Costantini et al.   Current Zoology

A hidden cost of migration? Innate immune function versus antioxidant defense

(2018) Cas Eikenaar et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Migratory flight imposes oxidative stress in bats

(2018) David Costantini et al.   Current Zoology

Immune function and blood parasite infections impact stopover ecology in passerine birds

(2018) Arne Hegemann et al.   OECOLOGIA

Host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals

(2017) Kevin J. Olival et al.   NATURE

Simulated bacterial infection disrupts the circadian fluctuation of immune cells in wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicatus)

(2017) Philipp Weise et al.   PeerJ

Migratory common blackbirds have lower innate immune function during autumn migration than resident conspecifics

(2016) Cas Eikenaar et al.   Biology Letters

Metabolic Cost of the Activation of Immune Response in the Fish-Eating Myotis (Myotis vivesi): The Effects of Inflammation and the Acute Phase Response

(2016) Aída Otálora-Ardila et al.   PLoS One

No fever and leucocytosis in response to a lipopolysaccharide challenge in an insectivorous bat

(2015) Sebastian Stockmaier et al.   Biology Letters

Oxidant Trade-Offs in Immunity: An Experimental Test in a Lizard

(2015) Michael Tobler et al.   PLoS One

The White-Nose Syndrome Transcriptome: Activation of Anti-fungal Host Responses in Wing Tissue of Hibernating Little Brown Myotis

(2015) Kenneth A. Field et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Bats on a Budget: Torpor-Assisted Migration Saves Time and Energy

(2015) Liam P. McGuire et al.   PLoS One

Frugivory is associated with low measures of plasma oxidative stress and high antioxidant concentration in free-ranging bats

(2014) Karin Schneeberger et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Oxidative Stress in Endurance Flight: An Unconsidered Factor in Bird Migration

(2014) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   PLoS One

Inflammatory challenge increases measures of oxidative stress in a free-ranging, long-lived mammal

(2013) K. Schneeberger et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Measures of the Constitutive Immune System Are Linked to Diet and Roosting Habits of Neotropical Bats

(2013) Karin Schneeberger et al.   PLoS One

A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses: are bats special?

(2013) A. D. Luis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Physiological mechanisms mediating costs of immune responses: what can we learn from studies of birds?

(2012) Dennis Hasselquist et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Terrestrial locomotion imposes high metabolic requirements on bats

(2012) C. C. Voigt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Long-Distance and Frequent Movements of the Flying-Fox Pteropus poliocephalus: Implications for Management

(2012) Billie J. Roberts et al.   PLoS One

Comparative Analysis of Bat Genomes Provides Insight into the Evolution of Flight and Immunity

(2012) G. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Ecology of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Bats: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

(2012) D. T. S. Hayman et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses

(2012) Jan Felix Drexler et al.   Nature Communications

Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research

(2011) Robert S. Sikes et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Animal Migration and Infectious Disease Risk

(2011) S. Altizer et al.   SCIENCE

Emerging diseases in Chiroptera: why bats?

(2010) G. Wibbelt et al.   Biology Letters

Elevated mitochondrial superoxide disrupts normal T cell development, impairing adaptive immune responses to an influenza challenge

(2010) Adam J. Case et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Energetic costs of the immune response and torpor use in a primate

(2010) Cindy I. Canale et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Does immune response cause oxidative stress in birds? A meta-analysis

(2009) David Costantini et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The long lifespan of two bat species is correlated with resistance to protein oxidation and enhanced protein homeostasis

(2009) Adam B. Salmon et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Elevated Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Generation Affects the Immune Response via Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1  in Long-Lived Mclk1+/- Mouse Mutants

(2009) D. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Bats on the Move

(2009) Ana G. Popa-Lisseanu et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Relationship between energetic condition and indicators of immune function in thrushes during spring migration

(2008) J. C. Owen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Swainson’s thrushes in migratory disposition exhibit reduced immune function

(2008) Jennifer C. Owen et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Long flights and age affect oxidative status of homing pigeons (Columba livia)

(2008) D. Costantini et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Travelling on a budget: predictions and ecological evidence for bottlenecks in the annual cycle of long-distance migrants

(2007) D. M Buehler et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES