Higher antibody titres against Pseudogymnoascus destructans are associated with less white-nose syndrome skin lesions in Palearctic bats

J Pikula, J Brichta, V Seidlova, V Piacek… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Serological tests can be used to test whether an animal has been exposed to an
infectious agent, and whether its immune system has recognized and produced antibodies …

Bat-derived cells use glucose as a cryoprotectant

M Nemcova, V Seidlova, J Zukal, H Dundarova… - Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Evolution of heterothermy in environments with variable temperatures has allowed bats to
survive food scarcity during seasonal climatic extremes by using torpor as a hibernation …

Temperature-dependent in vitro hepatocytotoxicity of insecticides in bats

M Nemcova, J Zukal, V Seidlova, S Bednarikova… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heterothermic insectivorous bats are supposed to experience differential adverse effects of
insecticidal pollutants depending on their seasonal and/or daily variation of metabolic and …

Cryoprotective potential of urea in bat cells in vitro

M Němcová, Š Adam, Š Bednaříková, V Piaček… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2024 - actavet.vfu.cz
Hibernating bats potentially risk cold-induced cell damage. However, the cells of hibernating
bats have previously been shown to be able to cope with sub-zero temperatures, either …