David Zadworny

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Associate Professor - Physiology

T: 514-398-7978  | david.zadworny [at] mcgill.ca (Email) |  Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS1-079

Degrees

BSc, PhD (Guelph)

Selected Publications

Kansaku, N., Ohkubo, T., Guémené, D., Kuhnlein, U., Zadworny, D., D., Bedecarrats, G. and Kuhnlein, U. (2007). Molecular cloning of Pit-1 cDNA and genomic DNA of the domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos). An. Sci. J. 78:180-188.

Leclerc, B. Zadworny, D., Bedecarrats, G. and Kuhnlein, U. (2007). Ontogenesis of the expression of PRLR mRNA during late embryogenesis in turkeys and chickens. Poultry Sci. (in press)

Leclerc, B. Zadworny, D., Bedecarrats, G. and Kuhnlein, U. (2007). Development of a real-time (Q) PCR assay to measure variation in expression of prolactin receptor mRNA in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland during late embryogenesis in turkeys and chickens. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 5;150(2):319-25. Epub 2006 Oct 13. PMID: 17045993

Lu X, Kambe F, Cao X, Yoshida T, Ohmori S, Murakami K, Kaji T, Ishii T, Zadworny D, and Seo H (2006). DHCR24-knockout embryonic fibroblasts are susceptible to serum withdrawal-induced apoptosis because of dysfunction of caveolae and insulin-Akt-Bad signaling. Endocrinol. 147:3123-32

Mirza, R., Hayasaka, S., Takagishi, Y., Kambe, F., Ohmori, S., Maki, K., Yamamoto, M., Murakami, K., Kaji, T., Zadworny, D, Murata, Y. and Seo., H. (2006). DHCR24 gene knockout mice demonstrate lethal dermopathy with differentiation and maturation defects in the epidermis. J. Invest. Dermatology 126:638-647.

Kansaku, N., Ohkubo, T., Okabayashi, H., Guémené, D., Kuhnlein, U., Zadworny, D, Shimada, K. (2005). Duck prolactin: molecular and biochemical characterization. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 141:39-47.

Parsanejad, R., Praslickova, D., Zadworny, D., and Kuhnlein, U. (2004). Ornithine decarboxylase: haplotype structure and trait associations in White Leghorn Chickens. Poultry Sci. 83:1518-1523

Zadworny, D., Sarkar, D., Imai, T., Mirza, R., Kambe, F. and Seo, H. (2003). The involvement of 3-β-hydroxysterol-Δ24-reductase, a post-squalene enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis, in desmosterolosis. Environmental Medicine 47:1-11.

Parsanejad, R., Torkamanzehi, A., Zadworny, D. and Kuhnlein, U. (2003). Alleles of cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK): trait association and interaction with mitochondrial PEPCK in a strain of white Leghorn chickens. Poultry Sci. 82:1708-1715.

Kansaku, N., Yagi, E., Nakada, A., Okabayashi, H., Guemene, D. and Zadworny, D. (2003). Molecular cloning of insulin-like growth factor-1 complimentary DNA and promoter region in the domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos). An. Sci. J. 74:277-282.

Kansaku, N., Nakada, A., Okabayashi, H., Guemene, D., Kuhnlein, U., Zadworny, D. and Shimada, K. (2003). DNA polymorphism in the chicken growth hormone gene: association with egg production. An. Sci. J. 74:243-244.

Kuhnlein, U., Aggrey, S.E., Kansaku, N. and Zadworny, D. (2003). DNA polymorphisms in functional genes. In: Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology. W.M. Muir and S.E. Aggrey eds. pp.647-663.

Kuhnlein, U., Aggrey, S.E. and Zadworny, D. (2003). Progress and prospects in resistance to disease. In: Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology. W.M. Muir and S.E. Aggrey eds. pp. 283-292.

Kuhnlein, U., Parsenejad, R., Zadworny, D. and Aggrey, S.E. (2003). The dynamics of genotype-phenotype association. Poultry Sci. 82:876-881.

Zadworny, D., Kansaku, N., Bedecarrats, Guemene, D. and Kuhnlein, U. (2002). Prolactin and its receptor in galliformes. Avian and Poultry Biol. Rev. 13:223-228.

Parsanejad, R., Zadworny, D. and Kuhnlein, U. (2002). Genetic variability of the cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene in White Leghorn chickens. Poultry Sci. 81:1668-1670.

Kansaku, N., Shimada, S., Ohkubo, T., Saito, N., Suzuki, T., Matsuda, Y. and Zadworny, D. (2001). Molecular cloning of chicken VIP receptor cDNA, tissue distribution and chromosomal localization Biol. Reprod. 64:1575-1581.

Guémené, D., Kansaku, N. and Zadworny, D. (2001). L=expression du comportement d=incubation chez la dinde et sa maitrise en elevage. INRA Prod. Anim. 14:147-160.

Nagaraja, S.C., Aggrey, S.E., Yao, J., Zadworny, D., Fairfull, R.W. and Kuhnlein, U. (2000). Trait association of a genetic marker near the IGF-I gene in egg-laying chickens. J. Heredity 91:150-156.

Aggrey, S.E., Yao, J., Lin, C.Y., Zadworny, D., Hayes, J.F. and Kuhnlein, U. (1999). Relationship between markers in the growth hormone and growth hormone receptor gene and health related traits in Holsteins. Arch. Tierz. Dummerstorf 42:1-3.

 

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