By Emeritus Scientia Professor Eugenie Ruth Lumbers

Journal articles

Pringle KG; Conquest AL; Mitchell CM; Zakar T; Lumbers ER, 2010, '118. THE PRORENIN RECEPTOR/PLZF PATHWAY IN HUMAN AMNION', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 22, pp. 36 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb10abs118

Mitchell CM; Zakar T; Sykes SD; Pringle KG; Lumbers ER, 2010, '141. METHYLATION OF GENES OF THE RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM (RAS) IN EARLY HUMAN AMNION', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 22, pp. 59 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb10abs141

Marques FZ; Pringle KG; Markus M; Conquest A; Hirst JJ; Sarris M; Zakar T; Morris BJ; Lumbers ER, 2010, '147. MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF RENIN - ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN HUMAN INTRAUTERINE TISSUES AND FETAL MEMBRANES FROM VAGINAL DELIVERY AND CAESAREAN SECTION', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 22, pp. 65 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb10abs147

Sykes SD; Lumbers ER; Pringle KG; Zakar T; Dekker GA; Roberts CT, 2010, '161. PREDICTING GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION AND PREECLAMPSIA FROM MATERNAL ANGIOTENSIN II AND ANGIOTENSIN 1–7 LEVELS AT 15 WEEKS GESTATION', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 22, pp. 79 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb10abs161

Sykes SD; Lumbers ER; Pringle KG; Zakar T; Dekker GA; Roberts CT, 2010, '306. PREDICTING GESTATIONAL DIABETES FROM MATERNAL ANGIOTENSIN II AND ANGIOTENSIN 1–7 LEVELS AT 15 WEEKS GESTATION', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 22, pp. 106 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb10abs306

Wang Y; Pringle KG; Chen Y; Zakar T; Lumbers ER, 2010, '311. REGULATION OF THE RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM (RAS) IN A TROPHOBLAST CELL LINE BY CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE (cAMP) AND 5'-AZA-2'-DEOXYCYTIDINE (AZA)', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 22, pp. 111 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb10abs311

Lumbers ER; Kim MY; Burrell JH; Kumarasamy V; Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Gatford K; Owens JA, 2009, 'Effects of intrafetal IGF-I on growth of cardiac myocytes in late-gestation fetal sheep', American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 296, pp. E513 - E519

Brandon A; Boyce AC; Lumbers ER; Gibson KJ, 2009, 'Maternal renal dysfunction in sheep is associated with salt insensitivity in female offspring', The Journal of Physiology, 587, pp. 261 - 270

Brandon A; Boyce AC; Lumbers ER; Zimanyj M; Bertram J; Gibson KJ, 2008, 'Glomerular hypertrophy in offspring of subtotally nephrectomized ewes', The Anatomical Record, 291, pp. 318 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.20651

Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Thomson CL; Lumbers ER, 2008, 'Interactions between maternal subtotal nephrectomy and salt: effects on renal function and the composition of plasma in the late gestation sheep fetus', Experimental Physiology, 93, pp. 262 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2007.039149

Gibson KJ; Boyce AC; Thomson CL; Chinchen S; Lumbers ER, 2008, 'Interactions between subtotal nephrectomy and salt: effects on blood pressure and renal function in pregnant and nonpregnant ewes', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 294, pp. R1227 - R1233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00842.2006

Yu ZY; McKay K; van Asperen P; Zheng M; Fleming J; Ginn S; Kizana E; Latham M; Feneley MP; Kirkland P; Rowe PB; Lumbers ER; Alexander I, 2007, 'Lentivirus vector-mediated gene transfer to the developing bronchiolar airway epithelium in the fetal lamb', Journal of Gene Medicine, 9, pp. 429 - 439

Gibson KJ; Boyce AC; Karime B; Lumbers ER, 2007, 'Maternal renal insufficiency alters plasma composition and renal function in the fetal sheep', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 292, pp. R1204 - R1211

Roberts CT; Standen P; Sferruzzi-Perri A; Owens JA; Kumarasamy V; Lumbers ER, 2007, 'Novel but distinct interactions of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) with the placental renin-angiotensin system in early gestation in guinea pigs', Early Human Development, 83, pp. S146 - S146

Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Wintour EM; Koukoulas I; Gatford K; Owens JA; Lumbers ER, 2007, 'The kidney is resistant to chronic hypoglycaemia in late-gestation fetal sheep', Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 85, pp. 597 - 605

Gibson KJ; Thomson CL; Boyce AC; Karime B; Lumbers ER, 2006, 'Effects of a reduction in maternal renal mass on pregnancy and cardiovascular and renal function of the pregnant ewe', American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology, 290, pp. F1153 - F1162

Matuszek MA; Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER; Simonetta G, 2006, 'Impact of cortisol on alpha-actin content in vascular smooth muscle cells of fetal sheep', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 33, pp. 197 - 203

Lumbers ER; Standen P; Kumarasamy V; Sferruzzi-Perri A; Taylor R; Heinemann G; Roberts CT, 2006, 'Novel effects of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and -II on placental renin in the guinea pig', Placenta, 27, pp. A50 - A50

Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Wintour EM; Koukoulas I; Lumbers ER, 2005, 'Effects of 7-day amino acid infusion on renal growth, function, and renin-angiotensin system in fetal sheep', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 289, pp. R1099 - R1106

Lumbers ER; Boyce AC; Joulianos G; Kumarasamy V; Barner E; Burrell JH, 2005, 'Effects of cortisol on cardiac myocytes and on expression of cardiac genes in fetal sheep', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 288, pp. 567 - 574

Campbell DJ; Johnston C; Kelly D; Lumbers ER; Menard J; Ryan J; Wilkinson-Berka J, 2005, 'Sandford Lloyd Skinner (1933-2005) - In memoriam', Hypertension, 46, pp. 452 - 453

Lumbers ER; Joulianos G; Boyce AC; Burrell JH; Kumarasamy V, 2004, 'Cortisol stimulates the expression of angiotensinogen (aogen) in the fetal sheep heart', Federation of American Societies for Experimantal Biology Journal, 18, pp. A1105 - A1105

Lumbers ER; Boyce AC; Barner E; Burrell JH; Joulianos G; Kumarasamy V; Segar J, 2004, 'Effects of cortisol on cardiac myocytes and on expression of cardiac genes in fetal sheep', Journal of Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 288, pp. R567 - R574

Lumbers ER; Yu ZY; Crawford EN, 2003, 'Effects of fetal behavioral states on renal sympathetic nerve activity and arterial pressure of unanesthetized fetal sheep', American Journal of Physiology Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 285, pp. R908 - R916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00252.2003

Burrell JH; Boyn AM; Kumarasamy V; Hsieh A; Head SI; Lumbers ER, 2003, 'Growth and Maturation of Cardiac Myocytes in Fetal Sheep in the Second Half of Gestation', Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology, 274, pp. 952 - 961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.a.10110

O Connell AE; Boyce AC; Lumbers ER; Gibson KJ, 2003, 'The effects of asphyxia on renal function in fetal sheep at midgestation', The Journal of Physiology, 552, pp. 933 - 943

Mcmullen JR; Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER; Burrell JH, 2002, '125I[Sar1I1e8] Angiotensin II has a different affinity for AT1 and AT2 receptor subtypes in ovine tissues', Regulatory Peptides, 105, pp. 83 - 92

Yu Z; Lumbers ER, 2002, 'Effects of Birth of Barorecptor-Mediated Changes in Heart Rate Variability in Lambs and Fetal Sheep', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 29, pp. 455 - 463

Lumbers ER, 2002, 'Exercise in Pregnancy: Physiological Basis for Exercise Prescription for the Pregnant Woman', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 5, pp. 20 - 31

Boyce AC; Lumbers ER; Gibson KJ, 2002, 'Renal, cardiovascular and endocrine responses of fetal sheep at 0.8 of gestation to an infusion of amino acides', The Journal of Physiology, 540, pp. 717 - 728

Yu Z; Lumbers ER; Simonetta G, 2002, 'The cardiovascular and renal effects of acute and chronic inhibition of nitric oxide production in fetal sheep', Experimental Physiology, 87, pp. 343 - 351

Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Wu JJ; Owens PC; Owens JA; Lumbers ER, 2001, 'Chronic effect of insulin-like growth factor I on renin synthesis, seretion and renal function in fetal sheep', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, pp. R318 - R326

Burrell JH; Hegarty BD; Mcmullen JR; Lumbers ER; Hegarty B, 2001, 'Effects of gestation on ovine fetal and maternal angiotensin receptor subtypes in the heart and major blood vessels', Experimental Physiology, pp. 71 - 82

Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Wu JJ; Owens JA; Owens PC; Lumbers ER, 2001, 'Insulin-like growth factor I alters renal function and stimulates renin secretion in late gestation fetal sheep', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 253 - 262

Lumbers ER; Gunn AJ; Zhang DY; Wu JJ; Maxwell L; Bennet L, 2001, 'Nonimmune hydrops fetalis and activation of the renin-angiotensin system after asphyxia in preterm fetal sheep', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, pp. R1045 - R1051

Lumbers ER; Gunn AJ; Zhang DY; Wu JJ; Maxwell L; Bennet L, 2001, 'Nonimmune hydrops fetalis and activation of the renin-angiotensin system after asphyxia in preterm fetal sheep', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 280, pp. R1045 - R1051, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.4.R1045

Mcmullen JR; Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER; Burrell JH, 2001, 'Selective down-regulation of AT2 receptors in uterine arteries from pregnant ewes given 24-h intravenous infusions of angiotensin II', Regulatory Peptides, pp. 119 - 129

Lumbers ER; Yu Z; Gibson KJ, 2001, 'The Selfish Brain and the Barker Hypothesis', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, pp. 942 - 947

Yu Z; Lumbers ER, 2000, 'Effect of cold on fetal heart rate and its variability', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, pp. 607 - 611

Hegarty BD; Burrell JH; Gibson KJ; Mcmullen JR; Lumbers ER; Hegarty B, 2000, 'Effects of cortisol on foetal ovine vascular angiotensin II receptors and contractility', European Journal of Pharmacology, pp. 439 - 448

Zhang DY; Lumbers ER; Simonetta G; Wu JJ; Owens JA; Robinson J; Mcmillan IC, 2000, 'Effects of placental insufficiency on the ovine fetal renin angiotensin system', Experimental Physiology, pp. 79 - 84

Zhang DY; Lumbers ER; Simonetta G; Wu JJ; Owens JA; Robinson JS; McMillen IC, 2000, 'Effects of placental insufficiency on the ovine fetal renin-angiotensin system', EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, 85, pp. 79 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-445X.2000.01939.x

Yu Z; Lumbers ER, 2000, 'Measurement of baroreceptor mediated effects on heart rate variability in fetal sheep', Pediatric Research, pp. 233 - 239

Gibson KJ; Mcmullen JR; Lumbers ER, 2000, 'Renal acid-base and sodium handling in hypoxia and subsequent mild metabolic acidosis in foetal sheep', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, pp. 67 - 73

Lumbers ER; Yu Z, 1999, 'A method for determining baroreflex mediated sympathetic and parasympathetic control of the heart in pregnant and non-pregnant sheep', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 555 - 566

Dodic M; Peers A; Coghlan JP; May CN; Lumbers ER; Yu Z; Wintour EM, 1999, 'Altered cardiovascular haemodynamics and baroreceptor-heart rate reflex in adult sheep after prenatal exposure to dexamethasone', Clinical Science, pp. 103 - 109

Lumbers ER, 1999, 'Angiotensin and aldosterone', Regulatory Peptides, pp. 91 - 100

Burrell JH; Lumbers ER; Bernasconi C, 1999, 'Effects of ACTH-induced hypertension in the pregnant ewe', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, pp. 818 - 823

Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER, 1999, 'Effects of Bilateral Nephrectomy and Angiotensin II Replacement on body fluids in foetal sheep', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, pp. 765 - 773

Mcmullen JR; Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER; Burrell JH; Wu JJ, 1999, 'Interactions between AT1 and AT2 receptors in uterine arteries from pregnant ewes', European Journal of Pharmacology, pp. 195 - 202

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