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Sonja Fonfara
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Research
Latest papers
Pharmacokinetics of Intramuscular and Intravenous Glycopyrrolate in Juvenile New Zealand White Rabbits.
Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026
Inflammatory myopathy and myocarditis are relevant complications of natural feline immunodeficiency virus infection.
Veterinary pathology · 2025
Integrated MicroRNA-mRNA Sequencing Analysis Identifies Regulators and Networks Involved in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
International journal of molecular sciences · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $40,000
Uncovering the influence of sex and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on cardiac remodeling in cats
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Unraveling the pathophysiology of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - an interdisciplinary approch
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
17 publications.
Pharmacokinetics of Intramuscular and Intravenous Glycopyrrolate in Juvenile New Zealand White Rabbits.
Marchiori J, Sanchez A, Messenger K, Reinhart JM, Beaufrère H, Fonfara S, Valverde A, Gu Y, Johnson R
Inflammatory myopathy and myocarditis are relevant complications of natural feline immunodeficiency virus infection.
Prisco F, Vaccaro E, Cardillo L, Fusco G, Papparella S, Santoro P, Fonfara S, Kipar A, Paciello O
Integrated MicroRNA-mRNA Sequencing Analysis Identifies Regulators and Networks Involved in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Joshua J, Caswell JL, Kipar A, O'Sullivan ML, Wood G, Fonfara S
Selected Pathway Analyses to Gain Mechanistic Insights into the Pathogenesis of Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Schurna L, Joshua J, Monné Rodríguez J, Prisco F, Baron Toaldo M, De Neck S, Baggio F, Fonfara S, Kipar A
Evaluation of potential novel biomarkers for feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Chong A, Joshua J, Raheb S, Pires A, Colpitts M, Caswell JL, Fonfara S
MicroRNA profiling of the feline left heart identifies chamber-specific expression signatures in health and in advanced hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Joshua J, Caswell JL, Monné Rodriguez JM, Kipar A, O'Sullivan ML, Wood G, Fonfara S
Evaluation of heart fatty acid-binding protein as a biomarker for canine leishmaniosis.
Casamián-Sorrosal D, Barrera-Chacón R, Fonfara S, Cristobal-Verdejo JI, Talavera-López J, Belinchón-Lorenzo S, Miró-Corrales G, Caro-Vadillo A, Duque FJ
Feline myocardial transcriptome in health and in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-A translational animal model for human disease.
Joshua J, Caswell J, O'Sullivan ML, Wood G, Fonfara S
Cardiac gene activation varies between young and adult cats and in the presence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Colpitts ME, Caswell JL, Monteith G, Joshua J, O'Sullivan ML, Raheb S, Fonfara S
Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Induces Changes in the Electroencephalogram and Heart Rate Variability of Healthy Dogs, a Pilot Study.
Castillo G, Gaitero L, Fonfara S, Czura CJ, Monteith G, James F
Uncovering the influence of sex and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on cardiac remodeling in cats
Principal investigators: Fonfara, Sonja
Keywords: cardiac remodeling; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; sex; cats; pathology; gene expression; microrna; transcriptomics; cardiac function; animal circulation
Unraveling the pathophysiology of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - an interdisciplinary approch
Principal investigators: Fonfara, Sonja
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Sonja Fonfara and Jeff Caswell: 1 shared paper
- Sonja Fonfara and Fiona James: 1 shared paper
- Department of Clinical Studies
- Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College
- Pathobiology
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