By Professor Nicholas Fisk

Journal articles

Mattar CN; Waddington SN; Biswas A; Johana N; Ng XW; Fisk AS; Fisk NM; Tan LG; Rahim AA; Buckley SMK; Tan MH; Lu J; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2013, 'Systemic delivery of scAAV9 in fetal macaques facilitates neuronal transduction of the central and peripheral nervous systems', Gene Therapy, 20, pp. 69 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/gt.2011.216

Balan D; Burns CJ; Fisk NG; Hügel H; Huang DCS; Segal D; White C; Wagler J; Rizzacasa MA, 2012, 'Synthesis and biological evaluation of a potent salicylihalamide A lactam analogue', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 10, pp. 8147 - 8153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ob26649k

Seppanen EJ; Hodgson SS; Khosrotehrani K; Bou-Gharios G; Fisk NM, 2012, 'Fetal microchimeric cells in a fetus-treats-its-mother paradigm do not contribute to dystrophin production in serially parous mdx females', Stem Cells and Development, 21, pp. 2809 - 2816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2012.0047

Jones GN; Moschidou D; Puga-Iglesias TI; Kuleszewicz K; Vanleene M; Shefelbine SJ; Bou-Gharios G; Fisk NM; David AL; de Coppi P; Guillot PV, 2012, 'Ontological Differences in First Compared to Third Trimester Human Fetal Placental Chorionic Stem Cells', Plos One, 7, pp. e43395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043395

Liu Y; Teoh SH; Chong MSK; Lee ESM; Mattar CNZ; Randhawa NK; Zhang ZY; Medina RJ; Kamm RD; Fisk NM; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2012, 'Vasculogenic and osteogenesis-enhancing potential of human umbilical cord blood endothelial colony-forming cells', Stem Cells, 30, pp. 1911 - 1924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.1164

Zhang ZY; Teoh SH; Hui JHP; Fisk NM; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2012, 'The potential of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells for off-the-shelf bone tissue engineering application', Biomaterials, 33, pp. 2656 - 2672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.12.025

Chen YS; Pelekanos RA; Ellis RL; Horne R; Wolvetang EJ; Fisk NM, 2012, 'Small molecule mesengenic induction of human induced pluripotent stem cells to generate mesenchymal stem/stromal cells', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 1, pp. 83 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2011-0022

Jones GN; Moschidou D; Lay K; Abdulrazzak H; Vanleene M; Shefelbine SJ; Polak J; de Coppi P; Fisk NM; Guillot PV, 2012, 'Upregulating CXCR4 in human fetal mesenchymal stem cells enhances engraftment and bone mechanics in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 1, pp. 70 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2011-0007

Moschidou D; Mukherjee S; Blundell MP; Drews K; Jones GN; Abdulrazzak H; Nowakowska B; Phoolchund A; Lay K; Ramasamy TS; Cananzi M; Nettersheim D; Sullivan M; Frost J; Moore G; Vermeesch JR; Fisk NM; Thrasher AJ; Atala A; Adjaye J; Schorle H; De Coppi P; Guillot PV, 2012, 'Valproic acid confers functional pluripotency to human amniotic fluid stem cells in a transgene-free approach', Molecular Therapy, 20, pp. 1953 - 1967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2012.117

Fisk NM; Mckee M; Atun R, 2011, 'Relative and absolute addressability of global disease burden in maternal and perinatal health by investment in R&D', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 16, pp. 662 - 668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02778.x

Bou-Gharios G; Amin F; Hill P; Nakamura H; Maxwell P; Fisk NM, 2011, 'Microchimeric fetal cells are recruited to maternal kidney following injury and activate collagen type i transcription', Cells Tissues Organs, 193, pp. 379 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321172

Vanleene M; Saldanha Z; Cloyd KL; Jell G; Bou-Gharios G; Bassett JHD; Williams GR; Fisk NM; Oyen ML; Stevens MM; Guillot PV; Shefelbine SJ, 2011, 'Transplantation of human fetal blood stem cells in the osteogenesis imperfecta mouse leads to improvement in multiscale tissue properties', Blood, 117, pp. 1053 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2010-05-287565

Fisk NM; Wesselingh SL; Beilby JJ; Glasgow NJ; Puddey IB; Robinson BG; Angus JA; Smith PJ, 2011, 'Academic health science centres in Australia: Let's get competitive', Medical Journal of Australia, 194, pp. 59 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04165.x

Mattar CNZ; Nathwani AC; Waddington SN; Dighe N; Kaeppel C; Nowrouzi A; McIntosh J; Johana NB; Ogden B; Fisk NM; Davidoff AM; David A; Peebles D; Valentine MB; Appelt JU; Von Kalle C; Schmidt M; Biswas A; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2011, 'Stable human FIX expression after 0.9G intrauterine gene transfer of self-complementary adeno-associated viral vector 5 and 8 in macaques', Molecular Therapy, 19, pp. 1950 - 1960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2011.107

Frost JM; Monk D; Moschidou D; Guillot PV; Stanier P; Minger SL; Fisk NM; Moore HD; Moore GE, 2011, 'The effects of culture on genomic imprinting profiles in human embryonic and fetal mesenchymal stem cells', Epigenetics, 6, pp. 52 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.6.1.13361

Heazlewood C; Brooke G; Fisk N; Atkinson K, 2011, 'The isolation and characterisation of term human fetal-derived and maternal-derived mesenchymal stromal cells', Placenta, 32, pp. S334 - S334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2011.07.057

Lee ESM; Bou-Gharios G; Seppanen E; Khosrotehrani K; Fisk NM, 2010, 'Fetal stem cell microchimerism: Natural-born healers or killers?', Molecular Human Reproduction, 16, pp. 869 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaq067

McKee M; Fisk NM; Atun R, 2010, 'Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008', Lancet, 376, pp. 1389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61951-4

Morganstein DL; Wu P; Mane MR; Fisk NM; White R; Parker MG, 2010, 'Human fetal mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into brown and white adipocytes: A role for ERRα in human UCP1 expression', Cell Research, 20, pp. 434 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/cr.2010.11

Götherström C; Chan J; O'Donoghue K; Fisk NM, 2010, 'Identification of candidate surface antigens for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis by comparative global gene expression on human fetal mesenchymal stem cells', Molecular Human Reproduction, 16, pp. 472 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaq020

Choolani M; Chan J; Fisk NM, 2010, 'Fetal therapy: 2020 and beyond', Prenatal Diagnosis, 30, pp. 699 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.2527

Zhang ZY; Teoh SH; Chong MSK; Lee ESM; Tan LG; Mattar CN; Fisk NM; Choolani M; Chan J, 2010, 'Neo-vascularization and bone formation mediated by fetal mesenchymal stem cell tissue-engineered bone grafts in critical-size femoral defects', Biomaterials, 31, pp. 608 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.09.078

Smith J; Plaat F; Fisk NM, 2009, 'The natural caesarean', Birth, 36, pp. 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00369.x

Callaway L; Colditz PB; Fisk NM, 2009, 'Folic acid supplementation and spontaneous preterm birth: Adding grist to the mill?', Plos Medicine, 6, pp. e1000077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000077

Fisk NM; Duncombe GJ; Sullivan MHF, 2009, 'The Basic and Clinical Science of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome', Placenta, 30, pp. 379 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2009.02.005

O'Donoghue K; Rutherford MA; Engineer N; Wimalasundera RC; Cowan FM; Fisk NM, 2009, 'Transfusional fetal complications after single intrauterine death in monochorionic multiple pregnancy are reduced but not prevented by vascular occlusion', BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 116, pp. 804 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02128.x

Kennea NL; Waddington SN; Chan J; O'Donoghue K; Yeung D; Taylor DL; Al-Allaf FA; Pirianov G; Themis M; Edwards AD; Fisk NM; Mehmet H, 2009, 'Differentiation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells into cells with an oligodendrocyte phenotype', Cell Cycle, 8, pp. 1069 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cc.8.7.8121

Zhang ZY; Teoh SH; Chong MSK; Schantz JT; Fisk NM; Choolani MA; Chan J, 2009, 'Superior osteogenic capacity for bone tissue engineering of fetal compared with perinatal and adult mesenchymal stem cells', Stem Cells, 27, pp. 126 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2008-0456

Fisk NM; Atun R, 2009, 'Systematic analysis of research underfunding in maternal and perinatal health', BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 116, pp. 347 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02027.x

Engineer N; O'Donoghue K; Wimalasundera RC; Fisk NM, 2008, 'The effect of polyhydramnios on cervical length in twins: A controlled intervention study in complicated monochorionic pregnancies', Plos One, 3, pp. e3834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003834

Tunstall-Pedoe O; Roy A; Karadimitris A; De La Fuente J; Fisk NM; Bennett P; Norton A; Vyas P; Roberts I, 2008, 'Abnormalities in the myeloid progenitor compartment in Down syndrome fetal liver precede acquisition of GATA1 mutations', Blood, 112, pp. 4507 - 4511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-04-152967

Galea P; Barigye O; Wee L; Jain V; Sullivan M; Fisk NM, 2008, 'The Placenta Contributes to Activation of the Renin Angiotensin System in Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome', Placenta, 29, pp. 734 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2008.04.010

O'Donoghue K; Barigye O; Pasquini L; Chappell L; Wimalasundera RC; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Interstitial laser therapy for fetal reduction in monochorionic multiple pregnancy: Loss rate and association with aplasia cutis congenita', Prenatal Diagnosis, 28, pp. 535 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.2025

Rodeck CH; Fisk NM, 2008, 'In appreciation', Prenatal Diagnosis, 28, pp. 375 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.2022

Guillot PV; Cook HT; Pusey CD; Fisk NM; Harten S; Moss J; Shore I; Bou-Gharios G, 2008, 'Transplantation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells improves glomerulopathy in a collagen type Iα2-deficient mouse', Journal of Pathology, 214, pp. 627 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/path.2325

Fisk NM; Atun R, 2008, 'Public-private partnership in cord blood banking', BMJ, 336, pp. 642 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39489.454699.ad

De Bari C; Dell'Accio F; Karystinou A; Guillot PV; Fisk NM; Jones EA; McGonagle D; Khan IM; Archer CW; Mitsiadis TA; Donaldson AN; Luyten FP; Pitzalis C, 2008, 'A biomarker-based mathematical model to predict bone-forming potency of human synovial and periosteal mesenchymal stem cells', Arthritis and Rheumatism, 58, pp. 240 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.23143

Guillot PV; De Bari C; Dell'Accio F; Kurata H; Polak J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Comparative osteogenic transcription profiling of various fetal and adult mesenchymal stem cell sources', Differentiation, 76, pp. 946 - 957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-0436.2008.00279.x

Santos MA; O'Donoghue K; Wyatt-Ashmead J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Fetal cells in the maternal appendix: A marker of inflammation or fetal tissue repair?', Human Reproduction, 23, pp. 2319 - 2325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/den261

Chan J; Kumar S; Fisk NM, 2008, 'First trimester embryo-fetoscopic and ultrasound-guided fetal blood sampling for ex vivo viral transduction of cultured human fetal mesenchymal stem cells', Human Reproduction, 23, pp. 2427 - 2437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/den302

Mikhail MA; M'Hamdi H; Welsh J; Levicar N; Marley SB; Nicholls JP; Habib NA; Louis LS; Fisk NM; Gordon MY, 2008, 'High frequency of fetal cells within a primitive stem cell population in maternal blood.', Human Reproduction Oxford England, 23, pp. 928 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dem417

Guillot PV; Abass O; Bassett JHD; Shefelbine SJ; Bou-Gharios G; Chan J; Kurata H; Williams GR; Polak J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Intrauterine transplantation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells from first-trimester blood repairs bone and reduces fractures in osteogenesis imperfecta mice', Blood, 111, pp. 1717 - 1725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2007-08-105809

Fisk NM; Atun R, 2008, 'Market failure and the poverty of new drugs in maternal health', Plos Medicine, 5, pp. 0022 - 0028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050022

O'Donoghue K; Sultan HA; Al-Allaf FA; Anderson JR; Wyatt-Ashmead J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Microchimeric fetal cells cluster at sites of tissue injury in lung decades after pregnancy', Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 16, pp. 382 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60600-1

Smith J; Plaat F; Fisk NM, 2008, 'The natural caesarean: A woman-centred technique', BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 115, pp. 1037 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01777.x

Engineer N; O'Donoghue K; Wimalasundera R; Fisk N, 2007, 'A controlled intervention study of the relationship between cervical length and polyhydramnios in complicated monochorionic twin pregnancies', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 197, pp. S51 - S51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2007.10.151

Perkins L; Hughes E; Srinivasan L; Allsop J; Glover A; Kumar S; Fisk N; Rutherford M, 2007, 'Exploring cortical subplate evolution using magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal brain', Developmental Neuroscience, 30, pp. 211 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000109864

O'Donoghue K; Cartwright E; Galea P; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Stage I twin-twin transfusion syndrome: Rates of progression and regression in relation to outcome', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 30, pp. 958 - 964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.5189

Sarkar P; Bergman K; Fisk NM; O'Connor TG; Glover V, 2007, 'Amniotic fluid testosterone: Relationship with cortisol and gestational age', Clinical Endocrinology, 67, pp. 743 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02955.x

Guillot PV; Cui W; Fisk NM; Polak DJ, 2007, 'Stem cell differentiation and expansion for clinical applications of tissue engineering: Tissue Engineering Review Series', Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 11, pp. 935 - 944, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00106.x

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