Katie Sheats

A Portable Fluorometer Detects Significantly Elevated Cell-Free DNA in Tracheal Wash and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Horses with Severe Asthma

Cooper, B. L., Hobbs, K. J., Bayless, R., Stinson-Miller, A., Gruber, E., Hepworth-Warren, K., … Sheats, M. K. (2025, December 3). Animals.

Equine neutrophils selectively release neutrophil extracellular traps in response to chemical and bacterial agonists

Sheahan, B. J., Schubert, A. G., Schubert, W., Sheats, M. K., Schnabel, L. V., & Gilbertie, J. M. (2025, February 24). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 12.

MARCKS protein is a potential target in a naturally occurring equine model of neutrophilic asthma

Conley, H. E., Davis, K. U., Adler, K. B., Lavoie, J.-P., & Sheats, M. K. (2025, April 2). Respiratory Research, Vol. 26.

Respiratory extracellular vesicle isolation optimization through proteomic profiling of equine samples and identification of candidates for cell-of-origin studies

Hickman, E., Carberry, V., Carberry, C., Cooper, B., Mordant, A. L., Mills, A., … Rager, J. E. (2025, January 24). PLoS ONE, Vol. 20.

The Concentration and Duration of Lipopolysaccharide Stimulation Produce Different Cytokine Responses in an Ex Vivo Whole Blood Model in Horses

Mitlyng, N., Hobbs, K. J., Cooper, B. L., Sheats, M. K., Mitlyng, N., Hobbs, K. J., … Sheats, M. K. (2025, November 16). Veterinary Sciences.

A Comparative Review of Cytokines and Cytokine Targeting in Sepsis: From Humans to Horses

Hobbs, K. J., Bayless, R., & Sheats, M. K. (2024, September 5). Cells, Vol. 13.

Extracted Plasma Cell-Free DNA Concentrations Are Elevated in Colic Patients with Systemic Inflammation

Bayless, R. L., Cooper, B. L., & Sheats, M. K. (2024, September 12). Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 11.

Hemadsorption extracorporeal therapy removes cytokines ex vivo in horses

Hobbs, K. J., Davis, J. L., Cooper, B. L., Ueda, Y., Burke, M. J., & Sheats, M. K. (2024, March 14). American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 85.

Investigation of Extracted Plasma Cell-Free DNA as a Biomarker in Foals with Sepsis

Hobbs, K. J., Cooper, B. L., Dembek, K., & Sheats, M. K. (2024, August 1). Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 11.

MARCKS Inhibition Alters Bovine Neutrophil Responses to Salmonella Typhimurium

Conley, H. E., Brown, C. F., Westerman, T. L., Elfenbein, J. R., & Sheats, M. K. (2024, February 16). Biomedicines, Vol. 12.

Opinions regarding equine veterinarian attire and attributes: results of a horse owner survey

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 262(8), 1081–1089.

Use of extracorporeal hemoperfusion therapy in an adult horse with Clostridioides difficile colitis and severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Hobbs, K. J., Sueur, A. N. V. L., Hallowell, K., Martin, E., Sheats, M. K., & Ueda, Y. (2024, August 9). Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

A myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS) inhibitor peptide attenuates neutrophil outside-in β ₂ -integrin activation and signaling

Conley, H., Till, R. L., Berglund, A. K., Jones, S. L., & Sheats, M. K. (2023, July 13). Cell Adhesion & Migration, Vol. 17, pp. 1–16.

Asthma: The Use of Animal Models and Their Translational Utility

Woodrow, J. S., Sheats, M. K., Cooper, B., & Bayless, R. (2023, April 5). Cells, Vol. 12.

Initial investigation of molecular phenotypes of airway mast cells and cytokine profiles in equine asthma

Woodrow, J. S., Hines, M., Sommardahl, C., Flatland, B., Lo, Y., Wang, Z., … Lennon, E. M. (2023, January 11). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 9.

Investigation of a Questionnaire Used to Measure Self-Perception of Self-Regulated Learning in Veterinary Students

Sheats, M. K., Petritz, O. A., & Robertson, J. B. (2023, September 13). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Vol. 9.

Investigation of a questionnaire used to measure self-perception of self-regulated learning in veterinary students

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.

Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances suppress the neutrophil respiratory burst

Phelps, D. W., Palekar, A. I., Conley, H. E., Ferrero, G., Driggers, J. H., Linder, K. E., … Yoder, J. A. (2023, February 14). Journal of Immunotoxicology, Vol. 20.

Targeting Neutrophil β2-Integrins: A Review of Relevant Resources, Tools, and Methods

Conley, H. E., & Sheats, M. K. (2023, May 26). Biomolecules, Vol. 13.

Investigation of plasma cell-free DNA as a potential biomarker in horses

Bayless, R. L., Cooper, B. L., & Sheats, M. K. (2022, February 15). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Vol. 2, pp. 402–406.

Withaferin A Inhibits Neutrophil Adhesion, Migration, and Respiratory Burst and Promotes Timely Neutrophil Apoptosis

Bayless, R., Bayless, R. L., Sheats, M. K., & Jones, S. (2022, June 17). (R. Bayless, Ed.). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 6.

Development and Formative Evaluation of a Low-Fidelity Equine Castration Model for Veterinary Education

Sheats, M. K., Burke, M. J., Robertson, J. B., Fiebrandt, K. E., & Fogle, C. A. (2021, September 14). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 9.

Differential gene expression and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage cells from horses with mild/moderate neutrophilic or mastocytic inflammation on BAL cytology

Davis, K. U., & Sheats, M. K. (2021, February 4). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, Vol. 234, p. 110195.

Sulfate Import in Salmonella Typhimurium Impacts Bacterial Aggregation and the Respiratory Burst in Human Neutrophils

Westerman, T. L., Sheats, M. K., & Elfenbein, J. R. (2021, April 1). Infection and Immunity, Vol. 6.

Multidimensional Analysis of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cytokines and Mast Cell Proteases Reveals Interferon-γ as a Key Biomarker in Equine Asthma Syndrome

Woodrow, J. S., Hines, M., Sommardahl, C., Flatland, B., Davis, K. U., Lo, Y., … Lennon, E. M. (2020, February 25).

The Role of Neutrophils in the Pathophysiology of Asthma in Humans and Horses

Davis, K. U., & Sheats, M. K. (2020, November 5). Inflammation, Vol. 44, pp. 450–465.

A Comparative Review of Equine SIRS, Sepsis, and Neutrophils

Sheats, M. K. (2019, March 12). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 6.

A Suspected Case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in an Adult Horse in the Southeastern United States

Freese, S., & Sheats, M. K. (2019, May 11). Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, Vol. 78, pp. 134–137.

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cytology Characteristics and Seasonal Changes in a Herd of Pastured Teaching Horses

Davis, K. U., & Sheats, M. K. (2019, March 14). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 6.

Comparative Review of Asthma in Farmers and Horses

Sheats, M. K., Davis, K. U., & Poole, J. A. (2019, October 10). Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, Vol. 19.

Analysis of Final Year Veterinary Students’ Telephone Communication Skills at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Veterinary Sciences, 5(4), 99.

MARCKS and Lung Disease

Sheats, M. K., Yin, Q., Fang, S., Park, J., Crews, A. L., Parikh, I., … Adler, K. B. (2018, October 19). American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Vol. 60, pp. 16–27.

Readability Evaluations of Veterinary Client Handouts and Implications for Patient Care

Royal, K. D., Sheats, M. K., & Kedrowicz, A. A. (2018, April 6). Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, Vol. 33, pp. 58–61.

The Salmonella type-3 secretion system-1 and flagellar motility influence the neutrophil respiratory burst

Westerman, T. L., Bogomolnaya, L., Andrews-Polymenis, H. L., Sheats, M. K., & Elfenbein, J. R. (2018, September 11). PLoS ONE, Vol. 13.

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

Equine Veterinary Journal, 51(4), 552–555.

Identification of Salmonella Typhimurium genes essential to induce the neutrophil oxidative burst

Poster presented at the Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting, Nellysford, Virginia.

Investigating the MARCKS protein as a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of equine asthma

Poster presented at the Merial National Veterinary Research Scholars Symposium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesa, MD.

Misoprostol Inhibits Equine Neutrophil Adhesion, Migration, and Respiratory Burst in an In Vitro Model of Inflammation

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4.

Misoprostol Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Production by Equine Leukocytes

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4.

A high-throughput in vitro system to study Salmonella-neutrophil interactions

Poster presented at the 5th ASM Conference on Salmonella, Potsdam, Germany.

Development of a Capstone Assessment Instrument for Evaluation of Fourth Year Veterinary Student History and Examination Skills

Presented at the Veterinary Educators Collaborative, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Development of a neutrophil-Salmonella co-culture system to study Salmonella genes that alter the neutrophil respiratory burst

Oral presentation presented at the Duke Innate Immunity Group Symposium, Durham, North Carolina.

MARCKS protein as a therapeutic target in the treatment of recurrent airway obstruction in horses

Poster presented at the Merial National Veterinary Research Scholars Symposium, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Student Perspectives on a Newly Implemented Community-Based Model of Clinical Training in Equine Primary Care: “What’s Workings and What Could be Better?

Presented at the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

In Vitro Neutrophil Migration Requires Protein Kinase C-Delta (δ-PKC)-Mediated Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C-Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) Phosphorylation

Inflammation, 38(3), 1126–1141.

Myristoylated Alanine Rich C Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) is essential to β2-integrin dependent responses of equine neutrophils

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 160(3-4), 167–176.

Fibroblast Migration Is Regulated by Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C-Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) Protein

Ott, L. E., Sung, E. J., Melvin, A. T., Sheats, M. K., Haugh, J. M., Adler, K. B., & Jones, S. L. (2013, June 19). (P. Aspenstrom, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 8, p. e66512.

Outbreak of Lawsonia intracellularis on a Standardbred breeding farm in North Carolina

Merlo, J. L., Sheats, M. K., Elce, Y., Hunter, S., & Breuhaus, B. A. (2009, March 30). Equine Veterinary Education, Vol. 21, pp. 179–182.

Use of ultrasound to evaluate outcome following colic surgery for equine large colon volvulus

Equine Veterinary Journal, 42(1), 47–52.

Disseminated large granular lymphoma in a horse

Sheats, M. K., Wetter, A. J. N. J., Snyder, L. A., & Jones, S. L. (2008, September 1). Equine Veterinary Education, Vol. 20, pp. 459–463.

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Furosemide after Oral Administration to Horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 18(5), 739–743.