Fields of Research

Respiratory diseases
Central nervous system
Cellular nervous system

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Other health
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

β-catenin, Twist and Snail: Transcriptional regulation of EMT in smokers and COPD, and relation to airflow obstruction; Scientific Reports
Airway Angiogenesis And basement Membrane Remodeling In Smokers And Chronic Obstructive pulmonary Disease: cross-sectional And Longitudinal Studies
Airway histone deacetylase-2 increases after smoking cessation, but is not affected by inhaled corticosteroids in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A randomized controlled trial; American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Basement membrane and vascular remodelling in smokers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study ; Respiratory Research
Basement membrane remodelling in COPD responds to inhaled corticosteroids; The Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting
Changes in airway histone deacetylase2 in smokers and COPD with inhaled corticosteroids: A randomized controlled trial; PLoS One
Comparing factor VIII with collagen IV for immuno-staining of vessels; The Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting
Distinctive characteristics of bronchial reticular basement membrane and vessel remodelling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in asthma: they are not the same disease; Histopathology
Distribution of substance P in the rat hypoglossal nucleus; Australian Neuroscience Society
Dual labelling shows relationship of chemically identified synapses and retrogradely labeled neurones in the rat hypoglossal nucleus; 15th Australian Conference for Electron Microscopy
Encapsulated olfactory ensheathing cells in spinal cord repair; International Society for Developmental Neuroscience
Enhanced platelet activating factor receptor (PAFR) expression in smoker airways; European Respiratory Society, 2011 Annual Congress
Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) airways is attenuated by inhaled corticosteroids (ICS); British Thoracic Society
Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in patients with chronic obstructive disease (COPD); The Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting
Evaluation of epithelial mesenchymal transition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Respiratory Research
Evidence of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in COPD?; The Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting
Fluticasone propionate attenuates epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in COPD; Respirology, 17 (Supp 1)
Increased vascular permeability precedes cellular inflammation as asthma control deteriorates ; Clinical and Experimental Allergy
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) attenuate epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - implications for lung cancer prophylaxis; Australian Lung Cancer Conference (ALCC)
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) attenuates epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in COPD: a key to understanding long term benefits; European Respiratory Society Annual Congress
Inhaled corticosteroids in airway remodelling in COPD; Thorax
Inhaled corticosteroids is effective on only some aspects of bronchial vascular remodelling in COPD; Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Intermediate filament vimentin and potential role in epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT); Vimentin Concepts and Molecular Mechanisms
Mast cells in COPD airways: relationship to bronchodilator responsiveness and angiogenesis; European Respiratory Journal
Nerve growth factor promotes olfactory axonal elongation; Neuroreport
Olfactory ensheathing cells promote collateral axonal branching in the injured adult rat spinal cord; Experimental Neurology
Olfactory ensheathing cells promote collateral axonal branching in the lesioned adult rat spinal cord; Symposium on Neural Regeneration
Platelet activating factor receptor (PAFR) expression increases in airways of current smokers; Respirology, 17 (Supp 1)
Profiling cellular and inflammatory changes in the airway wall of mild to moderate COPD; Respirology
Reticular basement membrane fragmentation and potential epithelial mesenchymal transition is exaggerated in the airways of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; Respirology
Smoking cessation but not inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) can increase histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2)] in COPD ; The European Respiratory Journal
Smoking has potential to initiate basement membrane disruption and epithelial mesenchymal transition in COPD ; European Respiratory Society Annual Congress
Smoking has potential to initiate epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in the airway mucosa
Substance P in the hypoglossal nucleus of the rat; Archives of Oral Biology
The main rhinovirus respiratory tract adhesion site (ICAM-1) is upregulated in smokers and patients with chronic airflow limitation (CAL); Respiratory research
Transforming growth factor - beta 1 (TGF-β 1) expression is related to reticular basement membrane (Rbm) hypervascularity in smokers and COPD; European Respiratory Society Annual Congress
Vascular and basement membrane remodelling in smokers and COPD; European Respiratory Journal
Vessel-associated transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β 1) is increased in the bronchial reticular basement membrane in COPD and normal smokers; PLoS One
Vessel-associated transforming growth factor-Beta1 (TGF-β1) expression is increased in COPD airway; Respirology, 17 (Supp 1)

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