Publications

  • (2019) A suspected case of rocky mountain spotted fever in an adult horse in the southeastern united states. Freese S, Sheats MK. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 78:134-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2019.05.003.
  • (2019) A comparative review of equine SIRS, sepsis, and neutrophils. Sheats MK. Front Vet Sci. 6:69. doi:10.3389/fvets.2019.00069.
  • (2019) Comparative review of asthma in farmers and horses. Sheats MK, Davis KU, Poole JA. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. 19:50. doi:10.1007/s11882-019-0882-2.
  • (2019) MARCKS and lung disease. Sheats MK, Yin Q, Fang S, Park J, Crews AL et al. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (Online) 60:1. doi:10.1165/rcmb.2018-0285TR.
  • (2019) Bronchoalveolar lavage cytology characteristics and seasonal changes in a herd of pastured teaching horses. Davis KU, Sheats MK. Front Vet Sci. 6:74. doi:10.3389/fvets.2019.00074.
  • (2018) The salmonella type-3 secretion system-1 and flagellar motility influence the neutrophil respiratory burst. Westerman TL, Bogomolnaya L, Andrews-Polymenis H, Sheats MK, Elfenbein JR. PLoS One. 13:9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203698.
  • (2018) Using readability software to enhance the health literacy of equine veterinary clients: An analysis of 17 American Association of Equine Practitioners’ newsletter and website articles. Sheats MK, Royal K, Kedrowicz A. Equine Veterinary Journal. 51:4. https://doi-org.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/10.1111/evj.13042.
  • (2018) Readability evaluations of veterinary client handouts and implications for patient care. Royal KD, Sheats MK, Kedrowicz AA. Topics in Companion Animal Medicine. 33:2. doi:10.1053/j.tcam.2018.03.005.
  • (2017) Misoprostol Inhibits LPS–Induced Pro–Inflammatory Cytokine Production by Equine Leukocytes.Martin EG, Messenger KM, Sheats MK, Jones SL. | Front Vet Sci. 4:160. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00160.
  • (2017) Misoprostol Inhibits Equine Neutrophil Adhesion, Migration and Respiratory Burst in an in vitro model of Inflammation.Martin EG, Till R, Sheats MK, Jones SL. | Front Vet Sci. 4:159. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00159.
  • (2017) Identifying novel innate immune response targets to alter Salmonella Typhimurium pathogenesis.Cruz E, Westerman T, Elfenbein J, Sheats MK. | Poster, Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Office of Undergraduate Research, NCSU, Raleigh, NC.
  • (2017) Investigating the MARCKS protein as a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of equine asthma.Bowyer, A, Davis, K, Sheats, MK. | Poster, Merial National Veterinary Research Scholars Symposium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesa, MD.
  • (2017) Identification of Salmonella Typhimurium genes essential to induce the neutrophil oxidative burst.Westerman TL, Sheats MK, Jones SL, Elfenbein JR. | Poster, Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting
  • (2016) Development of a neutrophil-Salmonella co-culture system to study Salmonella genes that alter the neutrophil respiratory burst.Westerman TL, Sheats MK, Jones SL, Elfenbein JR. | Oral Presentation, Duke Innate Immunity Group Symposium
  • (2016) A high-throughput in vitro system to study Salmonella-neutrophil interactions.Westerman TL, Sheats MK, Jones SL, Elfenbein JR. | Poster, 5th ASM Conference on Salmonella
  • (2016) Student Perspectives on a Newly Implemented Community-Based Model of Clinical Training in Equine Primary Care: “What’s Workings and What Could be Better?”Sheats MK, Fogle C. | Veterinary Educators Collaborative, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • (2016) Student Perspectives on a Newly Implemented Community-Based Model of Clinical Training in Equine Primary Care: “What’s Workings and What Could be Better?”Sheats MK, Fogle C. | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium, NC State, Raleigh, NC.
  • (2016) Development of a Capstone Assessment Instrument for Evaluation of Fourth Year Veterinary Student History and Examination Skills.Fogle C, Sheats MK. | Veterinary Educators Collaborative, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • (2016) MARCKS protein as a therapeutic target in the treatment of recurrent airway obstruction in horses.Johnson, C, Sheats, MK. | Poster, Merial National Veterinary Research Scholars Symposium.
  • (2015) In vitro neutrophil migration requires protein kinase c-delta (δ-PKC)-mediated Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C-Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) phosphorylation.Sheats MK, Sung EJ, Adler KB, Jones SL. | Inflammation. 38(3):1126-41.
  • (2014) Myristoylated Alanine Rich C Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) is essential to β2-integrin – dependent responses of equine neutrophils.Sheats MK, Pescosolido KC, Ethan M. Hefner, Sung EJ, Adler KB, Jones SL. | Vet Imm and Immunopath. 10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.04.009.
  • (2013) Fibroblast Migration Is Regulated by Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C-Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) Protein.Ott LE, Sung EJ, Melvin AT, Sheats MK, Haugh JM, et al. | PLoS ONE 8(6): e66512.
  • (2010) Use of ultrasound to evaluate outcome following colic surgery for equine large colon volvulus.Sheats MK, Cook VL, Jones SL, Blikslager AT, Pease AP. | Equine Veterinary Journal. Vol. 42, No. 1, 47-52.
  • (2010) Disseminated large granular lymphoma in a horse.Sheats MK, Van Wetter AJNJ, Snyder LA, Jones SL. | Equine Veterinary Education. Vol. 20, No. 9, 459-463.
  • (2009) Outbreak of lawsonia intracellularis on a standardbred breeding farm in North Carolina.Merlo J L, Sheats MK, Elce Y, Hunter S, Breuhaus BA. | Equine Veterinary Education. Vol. 21, No. 4, 179-182.
  • (2004) Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of furosemide after oral administration to horses.Johansson AM, Gardner SY, Levine JF, Papich MG, LaFevers DH, Goldmann RB, Sheats MK, Atkins CE. | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine Vol. 18, No. 5, 739-743.