Charles Mackenzie, BVSc, BSc, PhD, FRCVS, FRC Path, Dip Ed
Professor
A-54 Veterinary Medical Center
East Lansing MI 48823
Phone: (517) 353-4364
E-mail: mackenz8@msu.edu
Education and Training:
FRC Path, Pathology, Royal College of Pathology, 1995
Dip Ed, Higher Education, University of London, 1988
FRCVS, Veterinary Medicine, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1985
PhD, Pathology, University of Sydney, 1975
BVSc, Veterinary Medicine, University of Sydney, 1972
BSc, Immunology, University of Sydney, 1969
Research Interests:
- Immunopathology
- Ontogeny of immune systems in animals
- Eosinophils
- Tropical pathology
- Parasitology
- Histological immuno and molecular techniques
- Joint pathology
- Breast cancer
- International programs
Recent Publications:
Homeida M, Goepp I, Ali MM, Hylier E, Mackenzie CD. Medical success in an area of civil conflict. The Lancet. 354:601, 1999.
Bauer W and Mackenzie CD. Cancer detection on a cell-by-cell basis using fractal dimension analysis. Fundamental Issues in Elemental Matter. pp 39-46, 2001.
Ali MM, Mukhtar MM, Baraka OZ, Homeida MM, Kheir MM, Mackenzie CD. Immunocompetence may be important in the effectiveness of Mectizan (ivermectin) in the treatment of human onchocerciasis. Acta. Trop. 84:49-53, 2002.
Mackenzie CD, Malecela-Lazaro M, Mueller I, Homeida M. Approaches to the control and elimination of the clinically important filarial diseases. The Filariae: World Class Parasites. Volume 5. Eds. Klei TR and Rajan TV. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Boston. pp 155-165, 2002.
Eversole RR, Mackenzie CD, Beuving LJ. A photoreactive fluorescent marker for identifying eosinophils and their cytoplasmic granules in tissues. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 51:253-7, 2003.
Grau GE, Mackenzie CD, Carr RA, Redard M, Pizzolato G, Allasia C, Cataldo C,Taylor TE, Molyneux ME. Platelet accumulation in brain microvessels in fatal pediatric cerebral malaria. J. Infect. Dis.187:461-6, 2003.
Ali MM, Baraka OZ, AbdelRahman SI, Sulaiman SM, Williams JF, Homeida MM, Mackenzie CD. Immune responses directed against microfilariae correlate with severity of clinical onchodermatitis and treatment history. J. Infect. Dis. 187:714-7, 2003.
Cupp EW, Duke BOL, Mackenzie CD, Guzmán JR, Vieira JC, Mendez-Galvan J, Castro J, Richards F, Sauerbrey M, Eversole RR, Cupp MS. The Effects of Long-Term Community-Level Treatment with Ivermectin (Mectizan®) on Adult Onchocerca volvulus in Latin America. Published Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 71:602-607, 2004.
Elsheikha HM, Mackenzie CD, Rosenthal BM, Marteniuk JV, Steficek B, Windsor SA, Saeed M, and Mansfield LM. An outbreak of Besnoitiosis in minature donkeys. Journal of Parasitology. 91: 877-881, 2005.
Rivette AS, Tokar EJ, Williams DE, Mackenzie CD, Ablin RJ and Webber MM. Selection of cell lines with enhanced invasive phenotype from xenographs of the human prostate cancer cell line WPE1-NB26. J. Exper. Therap. Oncol. 5:111-123, 2005.
