Key Publications
• Brydges N.J., Argyle, D.J., Mosley J.M., Duncan, J.C., Fleetwood-Walker, S., Clements D.N. (2012) Clinical assessments of increased sensory sensitivity in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture. The Veterinary Journal, in press
• Yang, C.H. Culshaw, G.J. Liu, M-M, Lu, C-C, French, A.T., Clements, D.N. Corcoran, B.M. (2012) Canine Tissue-Specific Expression of Multiple 1 Small Leucine Rich Proteoglycans, The Veterinary Journal, in press
• Ogden, R., Mellanby, R.J., Clements, D., Gow, A.G., Powell, R., McEwing, R., (2012) Genetic data from 15 STR loci for forensic individual identification and parentage analyses in UK domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris). Forensic Science International: Genetics 6, E63-E65.
• Mellanby, R. J., Handel, I. G., Clements, D. N., Bronsvoort, B. M. de C., Lengeling, A.
Schoeman, J. P. (2011). Breed and Sex Risk Factors for Canine Babesiosis in South Africa. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 25, 1186-1189.
• Ke, X., Kennedy, L.J., Short, A.D., Seppala, E.H., Barnes, A., Clements, D.N., Wood, S.H., Carter, S.D., Happ, G.M., Lohi, H., Ollier, W.E. (2011). Assessment of the functionality of genome-wide canine SNP arrays and implications for canine disease association studies. Animal Genetics 42, 181-190
• Clements, D.N., Kennedy, L.J., Short, A.D., Barnes, A., Ferguson, J., Ollier, W.E. (2011) Risk of canine cranial cruciate ligament rupture is not associated with the major histocompatibility complex. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 24, 262-265.
• Clements, D.N., Short, A.D., Barnes, A., Kennedy, L.J., Ferguson, J.F., Butterworth, S.J., Fitzpatrick, N., Pead, M., Bennett, D., Innes, J.F., Carter, S.D., Ollier, W.E.R. (2010) A Candidate Gene Study of Canine Joint Diseases. Journal of Heredity 101, 54-60.
• Goldhammer, M.A., Smith, S.H., Fitzpatrick, N., Clements, D.N. (2010) A comparison of radiographic, arthroscopic and histological measures of articular pathology in the canine elbow joint. The Veterinary Journal 186, 96-103.
• Clements, D.N., Fitzpatrick, N., Carter, S.D., Day, P.J.R. (2009) Cartilage gene expression correlates with radiographic severity of canine elbow osteoarthritis. Veterinary Journal 179, 211-218
• Draffan, D., Clements, D., Farrell, M., Heller, J., Bennett, D., Carmichael, S. (2009). The role of computed tomography in the classification and management of pelvic fractures. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 22, 190-197.
• Taylor, S. E., Vaughan-Thomas, A., Clements, D. N., Pinchbeck, G., Macrory, L. C.,
Smith, R. K. W., Clegg, P. D. (2009). Gene expression markers of tendon fibroblasts in normal and diseased tissue compared to monolayer and three dimensional culture systems. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 10, 27
• Wood, S. H., Clements, D. N., Ollier, W. E., Nuttall, T., McEwan, N. A., Carter, S. D. (2009). Gene expression in canine atopic dermatitis and correlation with clinical severity scores. Journal of Dermatological Science 55, 27-33.
• Clements, D.N., Carter, S.D., Innes, J.F.I., Ollier, W.E.R. and Day, P.J.R. (2008) Gene expression profiling of normal and ruptured canine anterior cruciate ligaments. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 16, 195-203
• Clements, D.N., Wood, S., Carter, S.D., Ollier, W.E.R. (2008) Assessment of the quality and quantity of genomic DNA recovered from canine blood samples by three different extraction methods. Research in Veterinary Science 85, 74-79
• Wood, S. H., Clements, D. N., McEwan, N. A., Nuttall, T., Carter, S. D. (2008). Reference genes for canine skin when using quantitative real-time PCR. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 126, 392-395.
• Merryman-Simpson, A. E., Wood, S. H., Fretwell, N., Jones, P. G., McLaren, W. M., McEwan, N. A., Clements, D. N., Carter, S. D., Ollier, W. E., Nuttall, T. (2008). Gene (mRNA) expression in canine atopic dermatitis: microarray analysis. Veterinary Dermatology 19, 59-66.
• Roch, S. P., Clements, D. N., Mitchell, R. A. S., Downes, C., Gemmill, T. J., Macias, C.,
McKee, W. M. (2008). Complications following tarsal arthrodesis using bone plate fixation in dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practice 49, 117-126.
• Maccoux, L, Clements, D.N., Salway, F., Day, P.J. (2007) The identification of novel reference genes from canine microarray data. BMC Molecular Biology 8, 62
• Clements, D.N., Vaughan-Thomas, A., Peansukmanee, S., Carter, S.D., Innes, J.F., Ollier, W.E.R. and Clegg, P.D. (2006) Assessment of the use of RNA quality metrics for the screening of normal and pathological canine articular cartilage samples. American Journal of Veterinary Research 67, 1438-1444.
• Clements, D.N., Carter, S.D., Innes, J.F.I., Ollier, W.E.R. and Day, P.J.R. (2006) Analysis of normal and osteoarthritic canine cartilage mRNA expression by quantitative real-time PCR. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 8, R158