By Conjoint Professor Maria Kavallaris

Journal articles

Mohamed SMA; Wohlmann A; Schofield P; Sia KCS; McCalmont H; Savvides SN; Verstraete K; Kavallaris M; Christ D; Friedrich KH; Bayat N; Lock RB, 2021, 'A recombinant antibody fragment directed to the thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor (CRLF2) efficiently targets pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia', International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 190, pp. 214 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.194

Janjua TI; Ahmed-Cox A; Meka AK; Mansfeld FM; Forgham H; Ignacio RMC; Cao Y; McCarroll JA; Mazzieri R; Kavallaris M; Popat A, 2021, 'Facile synthesis of lactoferrin conjugated ultra small large pore silica nanoparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma', Nanoscale, 13, pp. 16909 - 16922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1nr03553c

Connerty P; Moles E; de Bock CE; Jayatilleke N; Smith JL; Meshinchi S; Mayoh C; Kavallaris M; Lock RB, 2021, 'Development of siRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles targeting long non-coding RNA LINC01257 as a novel and safe therapeutic approach for t(8;21) pediatric acute myeloid leukemia', Pharmaceutics, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13101681

Utama RH; Tan VTG; Tjandra KC; Sexton A; Nguyen DHT; O'Mahony AP; Du EY; Tian P; Ribeiro JCC; Kavallaris M; Gooding JJ, 2021, 'A Covalently Crosslinked Ink for Multimaterials Drop-on-Demand 3D Bioprinting of 3D Cell Cultures', Macromolecular Bioscience, 21, pp. e2100125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202100125

Conte C; Monteiro PF; Gurnani P; Stolnik S; Ungaro F; Quaglia F; Clarke P; Grabowska A; Kavallaris M; Alexander C, 2021, 'Multi-component bioresponsive nanoparticles for synchronous delivery of docetaxel and TUBB3 siRNA to lung cancer cells', Nanoscale, 13, pp. 11414 - 11426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1nr02179f

Janjua TI; Rewatkar P; Ahmed-Cox A; Saeed I; Mansfeld FM; Kulshreshtha R; Kumeria T; Ziegler DS; Kavallaris M; Mazzieri R; Popat A, 2021, 'Frontiers in the treatment of glioblastoma: Past, present and emerging', Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 171, pp. 108 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2021.01.012

Putra V; Hulme AJ; Tee AE; Sun JQJ; Atmadibrata B; Ho N; Chen J; Gao J; Norris MD; Haber M; Kavallaris M; Henderson MJ; McCarroll J; Trahair T; Liu T; Liu PY, 2021, 'The RNA-helicase DDX21 upregulates CEP55 expression and promotes neuroblastoma', Molecular Oncology, 15, pp. 1162 - 1179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.12906

Ung C; Tsoli M; Liu J; Cassano D; Pocoví-Martínez S; Upton DH; Ehteda A; Mansfeld FM; Failes TW; Farfalla A; Katsinas C; Kavallaris M; Arndt GM; Vittorio O; Cirillo G; Voliani V; Ziegler DS, 2021, 'Doxorubicin-loaded gold nanoarchitectures as a therapeutic strategy against diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma', Cancers, 13, pp. 1 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13061278

Grohmann C; Walker F; Devlin M; Luo MX; Chüeh AC; Doherty J; Vaillant F; Ho GY; Wakefield MJ; Weeden CE; Kamili A; Murray J; Po’uha ST; Weinstock J; Kane SR; Faux MC; Broekhuizen E; Zheng Y; Shield-Artin K; Kershaw NJ; Tan CW; Witchard HM; Ebert G; Charman SA; Street I; Kavallaris M; Haber M; Fletcher JI; Asselin-Labat ML; Scott CL; Visvader JE; Lindeman GJ; Watson KG; Burgess AW; Lessene G, 2021, 'Preclinical small molecule WEHI-7326 overcomes drug resistance and elicits response in patient-derived xenograft models of human treatment-refractory tumors', Cell Death and Disease, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41419-020-03269-0

Yang Y; Mansfeld FM; Kavallaris M; Gaus K; Tilley RD; Gooding JJ, 2021, 'Monitoring the heterogeneity in single cell responses to drugs using electrochemical impedance and electrochemical noise', Chemical Science, 12, pp. 2558 - 2566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0sc05489e

Yeola A; Subramanian S; Oliver RA; Lucas CA; Thoms JAI; Yan F; Olivier J; Chacon D; Tursky ML; Hung T; Power C; Hardy P; D D; McCarroll J; Kavallaris M; Hesson LB; Beck D; Curtis DJ; Wong JWH; Hardeman EC; Walsh WR; Mobbs R; Chandrakanthan V; Pimanda JE; Kilian K; Potas J; Ma D; Srivastava P; Chacon Fajardo D, 2021, 'Induction of Muscle Regenerative Multipotent Stem Cells from Human Adipocytes by PDGF-AB and 5-Azacytidine', Science Advances, 7, pp. 2020.06.04.130872 - 2020.06.04.130872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd1929

Keenan B; Finol-Urdaneta RK; Hope A; Bremner JB; Kavallaris M; Lucena-Agell D; Oliva MÁ; Díaz JF; Vine KL, 2020, 'N-alkylisatin-based microtubule destabilizers bind to the colchicine site on tubulin and retain efficacy in drug resistant acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines with less in vitro neurotoxicity', Cancer Cell International, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12935-020-01251-6

Utama RH; Atapattu L; O'Mahony AP; Fife CM; Baek J; Allard T; O'Mahony KJ; Ribeiro JCC; Gaus K; Kavallaris M; Gooding JJ, 2020, 'A 3D Bioprinter Specifically Designed for the High-Throughput Production of Matrix-Embedded Multicellular Spheroids', Iscience, 23, pp. 101621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101621

Voli F; Valli E; Lerra L; Kimpton K; Saletta F; Giorgi FM; Mercatelli D; Rouaen JRC; Shen S; Murray JE; Ahmed-Cox A; Cirillo G; Mayoh C; Beavis PA; Haber M; Trapani JA; Kavallaris M; Vittorio O, 2020, 'Intratumoral copper modulates PD-L1 expression and influences tumor immune evasion', Cancer Research, 80, pp. 4129 - 4144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-0471

Salik B; Yi H; Hassan N; Santiappillai N; Vick B; Connerty P; Duly A; Trahair T; Woo AJ; Beck D; Liu T; Spiekermann K; Jeremias I; Wang J; Kavallaris M; Haber M; Norris MD; Liebermann DA; D'Andrea RJ; Murriel C; Wang JY, 2020, 'Targeting RSPO3-LGR4 Signaling for Leukemia Stem Cell Eradication in Acute Myeloid Leukemia', Cancer Cell, 38, pp. 263 - 278.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2020.05.014

Tjandra KC; Forest CR; Wong CK; Alcantara S; Kelly HG; Ju Y; Stenzel MH; McCarroll JA; Kavallaris M; Caruso F; Kent SJ; Thordarson P, 2020, 'Modulating the Selectivity and Stealth Properties of Ellipsoidal Polymersomes through a Multivalent Peptide Ligand Display', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202000261

Tjandra KC; McCarthy N; Yang L; Laos AJ; Sharbeen G; Phillips PA; Forgham H; Sagnella SM; Whan RM; Kavallaris M; Thordarson P; McCarroll JA, 2020, 'Identification of Novel Medulloblastoma Cell-Targeting Peptides for Use in Selective Chemotherapy Drug Delivery', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63, pp. 2181 - 2193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00851

Le Grand M; Kimpton K; Gana CC; Valli E; Fletcher JI; Kavallaris M, 2020, 'Targeting Functional Activity of AKT Has Efficacy against Aggressive Neuroblastoma', ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science, 3, pp. 148 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.9b00085

Po’uha ST; Le Grand M; Brandl MB; Gifford AJ; Goodall GJ; Khew-Goodall Y; Kavallaris M, 2020, 'Stathmin levels alter PTPN14 expression and impact neuroblastoma cell migration', British Journal of Cancer, 122, pp. 434 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0669-1

Le Grand M; Mukha A; Püschel J; Valli E; Kamili A; Vittorio O; Dubrovska A; Kavallaris M, 2020, 'Interplay between MycN and c-Myc regulates radioresistance and cancer stem cell phenotype in neuroblastoma upon glutamine deprivation', Theranostics, 10, pp. 6411 - 6429, http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.42602

Somers K; Wen VW; Middlemiss SMC; Osborne B; Forgham H; Jung MS; Karsa M; Clifton M; Bongers A; Gao J; Mayoh C; Raoufi-Rad N; Kusnadi EP; Hannan KM; Scott DA; Kwek A; Liu B; Flemming C; Chudakova DA; Pandher R; Failes TW; Lim J; Angeli A; Osterman AL; Imamura T; Kees UR; Supuran CT; Pearson RB; Hannan RD; Davis TP; McCarroll J; Kavallaris M; Turner N; Gudkov AV; Haber M; Norris MD; Henderson MJ, 2019, 'A novel small molecule that kills a subset of MLL-rearranged leukemia cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction', Oncogene, 38, pp. 3824 - 3842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41388-018-0666-5

Xie W; Guo Z; Cao Z; Gao Q; Wang D; Boyer C; Kavallaris M; Sun X; Wang X; Zhao L; Gu Z, 2019, 'Manganese-Based Magnetic Layered Double Hydroxide Nanoparticle: A pH-Sensitive and Concurrently Enhanced T1/ T2-Weighted Dual-Mode Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 5, pp. 2555 - 2562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01618

Moles E; Kavallaris M, 2019, 'A potent targeted cancer nanotherapeutic', Nature Biomedical Engineering, 3, pp. 248 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41551-019-0390-7

Moles E; Kavallaris M; Fernàndez-Busquets X, 2019, 'Modeling the distribution of diprotic basic drugs in liposomal systems: Perspectives on malaria nanotherapy', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2019.01064

Bayat N; McOrist N; Ariotti N; Lai M; Sia KCS; Li Y; Grace JL; Quinn JF; Whittaker MR; Kavallaris M; Davis TP; Lock RB, 2019, 'Thiol-reactive star polymers functionalized with short ethoxy-containing moieties exhibit enhanced uptake in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells', International Journal of Nanomedicine, 14, pp. 9795 - 9808, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S220326

Cirillo G; Peitzsch C; Vittorio O; Curcio M; Farfalla A; Voli F; Dubrovska A; Iemma F; Kavallaris M; Hampel S, 2019, 'When polymers meet carbon nanostructures: Expanding horizons in cancer therapy', Future Medicinal Chemistry, 11, pp. 2205 - 2231, http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2018-0540

Parker SG; Yang Y; Ciampi S; Gupta B; Kimpton K; Mansfeld FM; Kavallaris M; Gaus K; Justin Gooding J; Gooding J, 2018, 'A photoelectrochemical platform for the capture and release of rare single cells', Nature Communications, 9, pp. 2288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04701-y

Tavallaie R; McCarroll J; Le Grand M; Ariotti N; Schuhmann W; Bakker E; Tilley RD; Hibbert DB; Kavallaris M; Gooding JJ; Hibbert B, 2018, 'Nucleic acid hybridization on an electrically reconfigurable network of gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles enables microRNA detection in blood', Nature Nanotechnology, 13, pp. 1066 - 1071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0232-x

Faria M; Björnmalm M; Thurecht KJ; Kent SJ; Parton RG; Kavallaris M; Johnston APR; Gooding JJ; Corrie SR; Boyd BJ; Thordarson P; Whittaker AK; Stevens MM; Prestidge CA; Porter CJH; Parak WJ; Davis TP; Crampin EJ; Caruso F, 2018, 'Minimum information reporting in bio–nano experimental literature', Nature Nanotechnology, 13, pp. 777 - 785, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0246-4

Chang D; Lim M; Goos JACM; Qiao R; Ng YY; Mansfeld FM; Jackson M; Davis TP; Kavallaris M, 2018, 'Biologically targeted magnetic hyperthermia: Potential and limitations', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9, pp. 831, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2018.00831

Sagnella SM; Trieu J; Brahmbhatt H; MacDiarmid JA; MacMillan A; Whan RM; Fife CM; McCarroll JA; Gifford AJ; Ziegler DS; Kavallaris M, 2018, 'Targeted doxorubicin-loaded bacterially derived nano-cells for the treatment of neuroblastoma', Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 17, pp. 1012 - 1023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-17-0738

Levrier C; Rockstroh A; Gabrielli B; Kavallaris M; Lehman M; Davis RA; Sadowski MC; Nelson CC, 2018, 'Discovery of thalicthuberine as a novel antimitotic agent from nature that disrupts microtubule dynamics and induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells', Cell Cycle, 17, pp. 652 - 668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15384101.2017.1356512

Parmar A; Pascali G; Voli F; Lerra L; Yee E; Ahmed-Cox A; Kimpton K; Cirillo G; Arthur A; Zahra D; Rahardjo G; Liu GJ; Lengkeek N; Saletta F; Charil A; Kavallaris M; Vittorio O, 2018, 'In vivo [64Cu]CuCl2 PET imaging reveals activity of Dextran-Catechin on tumor copper homeostasis', Theranostics, 8, pp. 5645 - 5659, http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.29840

Parker AL; Teo WS; Pandzic E; Vicente JJ; McCarroll JA; Wordeman L; Kavallaris M, 2018, 'β-Tubulin carboxy-terminal tails exhibit isotype-specific effects on microtubule dynamics in human gene-edited cells', Life Science Alliance, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.26508/lsa.201800059

Voli F; Lerra L; Kimpton K; Saletta F; Cirillo G; Kavallaris M; Vittorio O, 2018, 'Harnessing copper in cancer to enhance anti-tumor immune response', Annals of Oncology, 29, pp. x35 - x35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy487.030

Oliver S; Yee E; Kavallaris M; Vittorio O; Boyer C, 2018, 'Water Soluble Antioxidant Dextran-Quercetin Conjugate with Potential Anticancer Properties', MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201700239

Oliver S; Jofri A; Thomas DS; Vittorio O; Kayallaris M; Boyer C, 2017, 'Tuneable catechin functionalisation of carbohydrate polymers', CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 169, pp. 480 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.04.032

Parker AL; Teo WS; McCarroll JA; Kavallaris M, 2017, 'An emerging role for tubulin isotypes in modulating cancer biology and chemotherapy resistance', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18, pp. 1434, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18071434

Lovelace MD; Powter EE; Coleman PR; Zhao Y; Parker A; Chang GH; Lay AJ; Hunter J; McGrath AP; Jormakka M; Bertolino P; McCaughan G; Kavallaris M; Vadas MA; Gamble JR, 2017, 'The RhoGAP protein ARHGAP18/SENEX localizes to microtubules and regulates their stability in endothelial cells', Molecular Biology of the Cell, 28, pp. 1066 - 1078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E16-05-0285

Wojciechowski JP; Martin AD; Mason AF; Fife CM; Sagnella SM; Kavallaris M; Thordarson P, 2017, 'Choice of Capping Group in Tripeptide Hydrogels Influences Viability in the Three-Dimensional Cell Culture of Tumor Spheroids', Chempluschem, 82, pp. 383 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201600464

Kunz-Schughart LA; Dubrovska A; Peitzsch C; Ewe A; Aigner A; Schellenburg S; Muders MH; Hampel S; Cirillo G; Iemma F; Tietze R; Alexiou C; Stephan H; Zarschler K; Vittorio O; Kavallaris M; Parak WJ; Mädler L; Pokhrel S, 2017, 'Nanoparticles for radiooncology: Mission, vision, challenges', Biomaterials, 120, pp. 155 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.12.010

Fife CM; Sagnella SM; Teo WS; Po'uha ST; Byrne FL; Yeap YYC; Ng DCH; Davis TP; McCarroll JA; Kavallaris M, 2017, 'Stathmin mediates neuroblastoma metastasis in a tubulin-independent manner via RhoA/ROCK signaling and enhanced transendothelial migration', ONCOGENE, 36, pp. 501 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/onc.2016.220

Fife CM; Sagnella SM; Teo WS; Po'uha ST; Byrne FL; Yeap YY; Ng DC; Davis TP; McCarroll JA; Kavallaris M, 2017, 'Stathmin mediates neuroblastoma metastasis in a tubulin-independent manner via RhoA/ROCK signaling and enhanced transendothelial migration.', Oncogene, 36, pp. 501 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/onc.2016.220

, 2017, 'Erratum', British Journal of Pharmacology, 174, pp. 116 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.13672

Levrier C; Sadowski MC; Rockstroh A; Gabrielli B; Kavallaris M; Lehman M; Davis RA; Nelson CC, 2016, '6α-Acetoxyanopterine: A novel structure class of mitotic inhibitor disrupting microtubule dynamics in prostate cancer cells', Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 16, pp. 3 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-16-0325

Parker AL; Turner N; McCarroll JA; Kavallaris M, 2016, 'βIII-Tubulin alters glucose metabolism and stress response signaling to promote cell survival and proliferation in glucose-starved non-small cell lung cancer cells', Carcinogenesis, 37, pp. 787 - 798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgw058

Vittorio O; Cojoc M; Curcio M; Spizzirri UG; Hampel S; Nicoletta FP; Iemma F; Dubrovska A; Kavallaris M; Cirillo G, 2016, 'Polyphenol Conjugates by Immobilized Laccase: The Green Synthesis of Dextran-Catechin', Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 217, pp. 1488 - 1492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.201600046

Pasquier E; André N; Street J; Chougule A; Rekhi B; Ghosh J; Philip DSJ; Meurer M; MacKenzie KL; Kavallaris M; Banavali SD, 2016, 'Effective Management of Advanced Angiosarcoma by the Synergistic Combination of Propranolol and Vinblastine-based Metronomic Chemotherapy: A Bench to Bedside Study', Ebiomedicine, 6, pp. 87 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.026

Ercole F; Mansfeld FM; Kavallaris M; Whittaker MR; Quinn JF; Halls ML; Davis TP, 2016, 'Macromolecular Hydrogen Sulfide Donors Trigger Spatiotemporally Confined Changes in Cell Signaling', Biomacromolecules, 17, pp. 371 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01469

Byrne FL; McCarroll JA; Kavallaris M, 2016, 'Analyses of tumor burden in vivo and metastasis ex vivo using luciferase-expressing cancer cells in an orthotopic mouse model of neuroblastoma', RNA imaging: methods and protocols, 1372, pp. 61 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3148-4_5

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