Dr Liam Morrison
- Honorary Senior Research Fellow (School of Infection & Immunity)
telephone:
01413305616
email:
Liam.Morrison@glasgow.ac.uk
RB525 Level B5, Iii - Gbrc, University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA
Publications
2021
Allan, F. K. et al. (2021) A cross-sectional survey to establish Theileria parva prevalence and vector control at the wildlife-livestock interface, Northern Tanzania. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 196, 105491. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105491) (PMID:34562810) (PMCID:PMC8573586)
Steketee, P. C., Giordani, F. , Vincent, I. M. , Crouch, K. , Achcar, F. , Dickens, N. J. , Morrison, L. J., MacLeod, A. and Barrett, M. P. (2021) Transcriptional differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei during in vitro acquisition of resistance to acoziborole. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(11), e0009939. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009939) (PMID:34752454) (PMCID:PMC8648117)
Richards, S., Morrison, L. J., Torr, S. J., Barrett, M. P. , Manangwa, O., Mramba, F. and Auty, H. (2021) Pharma to farmer: field challenges of optimizing trypanocide use in African animal trypanosomiasis. Trends in Parasitology, 37(9), pp. 831-843. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.04.007) (PMID:33962879)
Carruthers, L. V. et al. (2021) Diminazene resistance in Trypanosoma congolense is not caused by reduced transport capacity but associated with reduced mitochondrial membrane potential. Molecular Microbiology, 116(2), pp. 564-588. (doi: 10.1111/mmi.14733) (PMID:33932053)
Allan, F. K. et al. (2021) Antigenic diversity in Theileria parva populations from sympatric cattle and African buffalo analyzed using long read sequencing. Frontiers in Genetics, 12, 684127. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.684127) (PMID:34335691) (PMCID:PMC8320539)
Steketee, P. C. et al. (2021) Divergent metabolism between Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei results in differential sensitivity to metabolic inhibition. PLoS Pathogens, 17(7), e1009734. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009734) (PMID:34310651) (PMCID:PMC8384185)
2020
Giordani, F. et al. (2020) Veterinary trypanocidal benzoxaboroles are peptidase-activated prodrugs. PLoS Pathogens, 16(11), e1008932. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008932) (PMID:33141865) (PMCID:PMC7710103)
2019
Chiweshe, S. M. et al. (2019) Parasite specific 7SL-derived small RNA is an effective target for diagnosis of active trypanosomiasis infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(2), e0007189. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007189) (PMID:30779758) (PMCID:PMC6413958)
Alfituri, O. A., Ajibola, O., Brewer, J. M. , Garside, P. , Benson, R. A. , Peel, T., Morrison, L. J. and Mabbott, N. A. (2019) Effects of host-derived chemokines on the motility and viability of Trypanosoma brucei. Parasite Immunology, 41(2), e12609. (doi: 10.1111/pim.12609) (PMID:30525202) (PMCID:PMC6767366)
2018
McCarroll, C. S. et al. (2018) Runx1 deficiency protects against adverse cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction. Circulation, 137(1), pp. 57-70. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028911) (PMID:29030345) (PMCID:PMC5757664)
2016
Giordani, F. , Morrison, L. J., Rowan, T. G., De Koning, H. P. and Barrett, M. P. (2016) The animal trypanosomiases and their chemotherapy: a review. Parasitology, 143(14), pp. 1862-1889. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182016001268) (PMID:27719692) (PMCID:PMC5142301)
2015
Capewell, P. , Cooper, A., Clucas, C. , Weir, W. , Vaikkinen, H., Morrison, L., Tait, A. and MacLeod, A. (2015) Exploiting genetic variation to discover genes involved in important disease phenotypes. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1201, pp. 91-107. (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1438-8_5) (PMID:25388109)
McCulloch, R. , Morrison, L. J. and Hall, J. P.J. (2015) DNA recombination strategies during antigenic variation in the African Trypanosome. In: Craig, N. L., Chandler, M., Gellert, M., Lambowitz, A. M., Rice, P. A. and Sandmeyer, S. B. (eds.) Mobile DNA III. ASM Press: Washington, DC, pp. 409-435. ISBN 9781555819200 (doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0016-2014)
2013
Munday, J.C. , Rojas López, K.E., Eze, A.A., Delespaux, V., Van Den Abbeele, J., Rowan, T., Barrett, M.P. , Morrison, L.J. and De Koning, H.P. (2013) Functional expression of TcoAT1 reveals it to be a P1-type nucleoside transporter with no capacity for diminazene uptake. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 3, pp. 69-76. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2013.01.004)
Ali, J. A.., Tagoe, D. N.A., Munday, J. C. , Donachie, A., Morrison, L. J. and De Koning, H. P. (2013) Pyrimidine biosynthesis is not an essential function for trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e58034. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058034) (PMID:23505454) (PMCID:PMC3591441)
Elliott, E.B. et al. (2013) T. brucei cathepsin-L increases arrhythmogenic sarcoplasmic reticulum-mediated calcium release in rat cardiomyocytes. Cardiovascular Research, 100(2), pp. 325-335. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvt187) (PMID:23892734) (PMCID:PMC3797627)
MacLeod, A. , Morrison, L. J. and Tait, A. (2013) Virulence in African trypanosomes: genetic and molecular approaches. In: Sibley, L. D., Howlett, B. J. and Heitman, J. (eds.) Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 307-323. ISBN 9781118038185 (doi: 10.1002/9781118308165.ch16)
2012
Drumo, R., Widmer, G., Morrison, L.J., Tait, A., Grelloni, V., D'Avino, N., Pozio, E. and Caccio, S.M. (2012) Evidence of host-associated populations of Cryptosporidium parvum in Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(10), pp. 3523-3529.
Nakao, R., Morrison, L.J., Zhou, L., Magona, J.W., Jongejan, F. and Sugimoto, C. (2012) Development of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for rapid genotyping of Ehrlichia ruminantium and its application to infected Amblyomma variegatum collected in heartwater endemic areas in Uganda. Parasitology, 139(01), pp. 69-82. (doi: 10.1017/S003118201100165X)
2011
Grab, D.J., Nikolskaia, O.V., Inoue, N., Thekisoe, O. M. M., Morrison, L.J., Gibson, W. and Dumler, J.S. (2011) Using detergent to enhance detection sensitivity of African trypanosomes in human CSF and blood by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(8), e1249. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001249) (PMID:21829738) (PMCID:PMC3149022)
Karimuribo, E. D., Morrison, L. J., Black, A., Turner, C.M. R., Kambarage, D. and Ballingall, K. T. (2011) Analysis of host genetic factors influencing African trypanosome species infection in a cohort of Tanzanian Bos indicus cattle. Veterinary Parasitology, 179(1-3), pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.02.001) (PMID:21377802)
Morrison, L.J. (2011) Parasite-driven pathogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei infections. Parasite Immunology, 33(8), pp. 448-455. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01286.x)
Morrison, L.J. and MacLeod, A. (2011) Editorial: African trypanosomiasis. Parasite Immunology, 33(8), pp. 421-422. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01302.x)
Tait, A., Morrison, L.J., Duffy, C.W., Cooper, A., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2011) Trypanosome genetics: Populations, phenotypes and diversity. Veterinary Parasitology, 181(1), pp. 61-68. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.024)
2010
Morrison, L.J., McLellan, S., Sweeney, L., Chan, C.N., MacLeod, A., Tait, A. and Turner, C.M.R. (2010) Role for parasite genetic diversity in differential host responses to Trypanosoma brucei infection. Infection and Immunity, 78(3), pp. 1096-1108. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.00943-09)
2009
Morrison, L. J., Marcello, L. and McCulloch, R. (2009) Antigenic variation in the African trypanosome: molecular mechanisms and phenotypic complexity. Cellular Microbiology, 11(12), pp. 1724-1734. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01383.x)
Duffy, C. W., Morrison, L. J., Black, A., Pinchbeck, G. L., Christley, R. M., Schoenefeld, A., Tait, A., Turner, C.M. and MacLeod, A. (2009) Trypanosoma vivax displays a clonal population structure. International Journal for Parasitology, 39(13), 1475 -1483. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.05.012) (PMID:19520081)
Morrison, L.J., Tait, A., McLellan, S., Sweeney, L., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2009) A major genetic locus in Trypanosoma brucei is a determinant of host pathology. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 3(12), e557. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000557)
Morrison, L.J. et al. (2009) Discovery of mating in the major African livestock pathogen Trypanosoma congolense. PLoS ONE, 4(5), e5564. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005564)
2008
Cooper, A., Tait, A., Sweeney, L., Tweedie, A., Morrison, L., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2008) Genetic analysis of the human infective trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: chromosomal segregation, crossing over, and the construction of a genetic map. Genome Biology, 9(6), R103. (doi: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-r103)
Morrison, L.J., Mallon, M.E., Smith, H.V., MacLeod, A. , Xiao, L. and Tait, A. (2008) The population structure of the Cryptosporidium parvum population in Scotland: a complex picture. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 8(2), pp. 121-129. (doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.10.010)
Morrison, L., Tait, A., McCormack, G., Sweeney, L., Black, A., Truc, P., Likeufack, A., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2008) Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Type 1 populations from human patients are clonal and display geographical genetic differentiation. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 8(6), pp. 847-854. (doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.08.005)
Pinchbeck, G.L., Morrison, L.J., Tait, A., Langford, J., Meehan, L., Jallow, S., Jallow, J., Jallow, A. and Christley, R.M. (2008) Trypanosomosis in The Gambia: prevalence in working horses and donkeys detected by whole genome amplification and PCR, and evidence for interactions between trypanosome species. BMC Veterinary Research, 4(7), (doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-7)
2007
MacLean, L., Odiit, M., MacLeod, A. , Morrison, L., Sweeney, L., Cooper, A., Kennedy, P.G.E. and Sternberg, J.M. (2007) Spatially and genetically distinct African trypanosome virulence variants defined by host interferon-g response. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 196(11), pp. 1620-1628. (doi: 10.1086/522011)
Articles
Allan, F. K. et al. (2021) A cross-sectional survey to establish Theileria parva prevalence and vector control at the wildlife-livestock interface, Northern Tanzania. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 196, 105491. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105491) (PMID:34562810) (PMCID:PMC8573586)
Steketee, P. C., Giordani, F. , Vincent, I. M. , Crouch, K. , Achcar, F. , Dickens, N. J. , Morrison, L. J., MacLeod, A. and Barrett, M. P. (2021) Transcriptional differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei during in vitro acquisition of resistance to acoziborole. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(11), e0009939. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009939) (PMID:34752454) (PMCID:PMC8648117)
Richards, S., Morrison, L. J., Torr, S. J., Barrett, M. P. , Manangwa, O., Mramba, F. and Auty, H. (2021) Pharma to farmer: field challenges of optimizing trypanocide use in African animal trypanosomiasis. Trends in Parasitology, 37(9), pp. 831-843. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.04.007) (PMID:33962879)
Carruthers, L. V. et al. (2021) Diminazene resistance in Trypanosoma congolense is not caused by reduced transport capacity but associated with reduced mitochondrial membrane potential. Molecular Microbiology, 116(2), pp. 564-588. (doi: 10.1111/mmi.14733) (PMID:33932053)
Allan, F. K. et al. (2021) Antigenic diversity in Theileria parva populations from sympatric cattle and African buffalo analyzed using long read sequencing. Frontiers in Genetics, 12, 684127. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.684127) (PMID:34335691) (PMCID:PMC8320539)
Steketee, P. C. et al. (2021) Divergent metabolism between Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei results in differential sensitivity to metabolic inhibition. PLoS Pathogens, 17(7), e1009734. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009734) (PMID:34310651) (PMCID:PMC8384185)
Giordani, F. et al. (2020) Veterinary trypanocidal benzoxaboroles are peptidase-activated prodrugs. PLoS Pathogens, 16(11), e1008932. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008932) (PMID:33141865) (PMCID:PMC7710103)
Chiweshe, S. M. et al. (2019) Parasite specific 7SL-derived small RNA is an effective target for diagnosis of active trypanosomiasis infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(2), e0007189. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007189) (PMID:30779758) (PMCID:PMC6413958)
Alfituri, O. A., Ajibola, O., Brewer, J. M. , Garside, P. , Benson, R. A. , Peel, T., Morrison, L. J. and Mabbott, N. A. (2019) Effects of host-derived chemokines on the motility and viability of Trypanosoma brucei. Parasite Immunology, 41(2), e12609. (doi: 10.1111/pim.12609) (PMID:30525202) (PMCID:PMC6767366)
McCarroll, C. S. et al. (2018) Runx1 deficiency protects against adverse cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction. Circulation, 137(1), pp. 57-70. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028911) (PMID:29030345) (PMCID:PMC5757664)
Giordani, F. , Morrison, L. J., Rowan, T. G., De Koning, H. P. and Barrett, M. P. (2016) The animal trypanosomiases and their chemotherapy: a review. Parasitology, 143(14), pp. 1862-1889. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182016001268) (PMID:27719692) (PMCID:PMC5142301)
Capewell, P. , Cooper, A., Clucas, C. , Weir, W. , Vaikkinen, H., Morrison, L., Tait, A. and MacLeod, A. (2015) Exploiting genetic variation to discover genes involved in important disease phenotypes. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1201, pp. 91-107. (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1438-8_5) (PMID:25388109)
Munday, J.C. , Rojas López, K.E., Eze, A.A., Delespaux, V., Van Den Abbeele, J., Rowan, T., Barrett, M.P. , Morrison, L.J. and De Koning, H.P. (2013) Functional expression of TcoAT1 reveals it to be a P1-type nucleoside transporter with no capacity for diminazene uptake. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 3, pp. 69-76. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2013.01.004)
Ali, J. A.., Tagoe, D. N.A., Munday, J. C. , Donachie, A., Morrison, L. J. and De Koning, H. P. (2013) Pyrimidine biosynthesis is not an essential function for trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e58034. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058034) (PMID:23505454) (PMCID:PMC3591441)
Elliott, E.B. et al. (2013) T. brucei cathepsin-L increases arrhythmogenic sarcoplasmic reticulum-mediated calcium release in rat cardiomyocytes. Cardiovascular Research, 100(2), pp. 325-335. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvt187) (PMID:23892734) (PMCID:PMC3797627)
Drumo, R., Widmer, G., Morrison, L.J., Tait, A., Grelloni, V., D'Avino, N., Pozio, E. and Caccio, S.M. (2012) Evidence of host-associated populations of Cryptosporidium parvum in Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(10), pp. 3523-3529.
Nakao, R., Morrison, L.J., Zhou, L., Magona, J.W., Jongejan, F. and Sugimoto, C. (2012) Development of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for rapid genotyping of Ehrlichia ruminantium and its application to infected Amblyomma variegatum collected in heartwater endemic areas in Uganda. Parasitology, 139(01), pp. 69-82. (doi: 10.1017/S003118201100165X)
Grab, D.J., Nikolskaia, O.V., Inoue, N., Thekisoe, O. M. M., Morrison, L.J., Gibson, W. and Dumler, J.S. (2011) Using detergent to enhance detection sensitivity of African trypanosomes in human CSF and blood by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(8), e1249. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001249) (PMID:21829738) (PMCID:PMC3149022)
Karimuribo, E. D., Morrison, L. J., Black, A., Turner, C.M. R., Kambarage, D. and Ballingall, K. T. (2011) Analysis of host genetic factors influencing African trypanosome species infection in a cohort of Tanzanian Bos indicus cattle. Veterinary Parasitology, 179(1-3), pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.02.001) (PMID:21377802)
Morrison, L.J. (2011) Parasite-driven pathogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei infections. Parasite Immunology, 33(8), pp. 448-455. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01286.x)
Morrison, L.J. and MacLeod, A. (2011) Editorial: African trypanosomiasis. Parasite Immunology, 33(8), pp. 421-422. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01302.x)
Tait, A., Morrison, L.J., Duffy, C.W., Cooper, A., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2011) Trypanosome genetics: Populations, phenotypes and diversity. Veterinary Parasitology, 181(1), pp. 61-68. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.024)
Morrison, L.J., McLellan, S., Sweeney, L., Chan, C.N., MacLeod, A., Tait, A. and Turner, C.M.R. (2010) Role for parasite genetic diversity in differential host responses to Trypanosoma brucei infection. Infection and Immunity, 78(3), pp. 1096-1108. (doi: 10.1128/IAI.00943-09)
Morrison, L. J., Marcello, L. and McCulloch, R. (2009) Antigenic variation in the African trypanosome: molecular mechanisms and phenotypic complexity. Cellular Microbiology, 11(12), pp. 1724-1734. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01383.x)
Duffy, C. W., Morrison, L. J., Black, A., Pinchbeck, G. L., Christley, R. M., Schoenefeld, A., Tait, A., Turner, C.M. and MacLeod, A. (2009) Trypanosoma vivax displays a clonal population structure. International Journal for Parasitology, 39(13), 1475 -1483. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.05.012) (PMID:19520081)
Morrison, L.J., Tait, A., McLellan, S., Sweeney, L., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2009) A major genetic locus in Trypanosoma brucei is a determinant of host pathology. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 3(12), e557. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000557)
Morrison, L.J. et al. (2009) Discovery of mating in the major African livestock pathogen Trypanosoma congolense. PLoS ONE, 4(5), e5564. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005564)
Cooper, A., Tait, A., Sweeney, L., Tweedie, A., Morrison, L., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2008) Genetic analysis of the human infective trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: chromosomal segregation, crossing over, and the construction of a genetic map. Genome Biology, 9(6), R103. (doi: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-r103)
Morrison, L.J., Mallon, M.E., Smith, H.V., MacLeod, A. , Xiao, L. and Tait, A. (2008) The population structure of the Cryptosporidium parvum population in Scotland: a complex picture. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 8(2), pp. 121-129. (doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.10.010)
Morrison, L., Tait, A., McCormack, G., Sweeney, L., Black, A., Truc, P., Likeufack, A., Turner, C.M.R. and MacLeod, A. (2008) Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Type 1 populations from human patients are clonal and display geographical genetic differentiation. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 8(6), pp. 847-854. (doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.08.005)
Pinchbeck, G.L., Morrison, L.J., Tait, A., Langford, J., Meehan, L., Jallow, S., Jallow, J., Jallow, A. and Christley, R.M. (2008) Trypanosomosis in The Gambia: prevalence in working horses and donkeys detected by whole genome amplification and PCR, and evidence for interactions between trypanosome species. BMC Veterinary Research, 4(7), (doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-7)
MacLean, L., Odiit, M., MacLeod, A. , Morrison, L., Sweeney, L., Cooper, A., Kennedy, P.G.E. and Sternberg, J.M. (2007) Spatially and genetically distinct African trypanosome virulence variants defined by host interferon-g response. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 196(11), pp. 1620-1628. (doi: 10.1086/522011)
Book Sections
McCulloch, R. , Morrison, L. J. and Hall, J. P.J. (2015) DNA recombination strategies during antigenic variation in the African Trypanosome. In: Craig, N. L., Chandler, M., Gellert, M., Lambowitz, A. M., Rice, P. A. and Sandmeyer, S. B. (eds.) Mobile DNA III. ASM Press: Washington, DC, pp. 409-435. ISBN 9781555819200 (doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0016-2014)
MacLeod, A. , Morrison, L. J. and Tait, A. (2013) Virulence in African trypanosomes: genetic and molecular approaches. In: Sibley, L. D., Howlett, B. J. and Heitman, J. (eds.) Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 307-323. ISBN 9781118038185 (doi: 10.1002/9781118308165.ch16)