By Dr Fatima El-Assaad

Journal articles

Wagner M; Hicks C; El-Omar E; Combes V; El-Assaad F, 2024, 'The Critical Role of Host and Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles in Endometriosis', Biomedicines, 12, pp. 2585 - 2585, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12112585

Moore KH; Ognenovska S; Chua XY; Chen Z; Hicks C; El-Assaad F; te West N; El-Omar E, 2024, 'Change in microbiota profile after vaginal estriol cream in postmenopausal women with stress incontinence', Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1302819

Hicks C; Leonardi M; Chua XY; Mari-Breedt L; Espanda M; El-Omar E; Condous G; El-Assaad F, 2024, 'Oral, Vaginal, and Stool Microbial Signatures in Patients With Endometriosis as Potential Diagnostic Non-Invasive Biomarkers: A Prospective Cohort Study', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17979

Strout N; Pasic L; Hicks C; Chua XY; Tashvighi N; Butler P; Liu Z; El-Assaad F; Holmes E; Susic D; Samaras K; Craig ME; Davis GK; Henry A; Ledger WL; El-Omar EM, 2023, 'The MothersBabies Study, an Australian Prospective Cohort Study Analyzing the Microbiome in the Preconception and Perinatal Period to Determine Risk of Adverse Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Child-Related Health Outcomes: Study Protocol', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, pp. 6736, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186736

Uzuner C; Mak J; El-Assaad F; Condous G, 2023, 'The bidirectional relationship between endometriosis and microbiome', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1110824

Hosseini-Giv N; Basas A; Hicks C; El-Omar E; El-Assaad F; Hosseini-Beheshti E, 2022, 'Bacterial extracellular vesicles and their novel therapeutic applications in health and cancer', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.962216

O'Donnell M; Teasdale S; Chua X-Y; Hardman J; Wu N; Curtis J; Samaras K; Bolton P; Morris M; Shannon-Weickert C; Purves-Tyson T; El-Assaad F; Jiang X; Hold G; El-Omar E; Wu N, 2022, 'The role of the microbiome in the metabolic health of people with schizophrenia and related psychoses: cross-sectional and pre-post lifestyle intervention analyses', Pathogens, 11, pp. 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111279

Kairey L; Leech B; El-Assaad F; Bugarcic A; Dawson D; Lauche R, 2022, 'The effects of kefir consumption on human health: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.', Nutrition Reviews, 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuac054

Leonardi M; Hicks C; El-Assaad F; El-Omar E; Condous G, 2020, 'Endometriosis and the microbiome: a systematic review', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 127, pp. 239 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15916

El-Assaad F; Qi M; Gordon AK; Qi J; Dong S; Passam F; Weaver JC; Giannakopoulos B; Krilis SA, 2017, 'Βeta 2-glycoprotein i protects mice against gram-negative septicaemia in a sexually dimorphic manner', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 8201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07945-8

El-Assaad F; Krilis SA; Giannakopoulos B, 2016, 'Posttranslational forms of beta 2-glycoprotein I in the pathogenesis of the antiphospholipid syndrome', Thrombosis Journal, 14, pp. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12959-016-0115-z

Zhou S; Chen G; Qi M; El-Assaad F; Wang Y; Dong S; Chen L; Yu D; Weaver JC; Beretov J; Krilis SA; Giannakopoulos B, 2016, 'Gram negative bacterial inflammation ameliorated by the plasma protein beta 2-Glycoprotein I', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 33656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33656

Zhou S; Tanaka K; O'Keeffe M; Qi M; El-Assaad F; Weaver JC; Chen G; Weatherall C; Wang Y; Giannakopoulos B; Chen L; Yu DM; Hamilton MJ; Wensing LA; Stevens RL; Krilis SA, 2016, 'CD117⁺ dendritic and mast cells are dependent on RasGRP4 to function as accessory cells for optimal natural killer cell-mediated responses to lipopolysaccharide', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0151638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151638

Hackett MJ; Aitken JB; El-Assaad F; McQuillan JA; Carter EA; Ball HJ; Tobin MJ; Paterson D; De Jonge MD; Siegele R; Cohen DD; Vogt S; Grau GE; Hunt NH; Lay PA, 2015, 'Neuroscience: Mechanisms of murine cerebral malaria: Multimodal imaging of altered cerebral metabolism and protein oxidation at hemorrhage sites', Science Advances, 1, pp. e1500911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500911

El-Assaad F; Combes V; Raymond Grau GE; Jamboua R, 2014, 'Potential Efficacy of Citicoline as Adjunct Therapy in Treatment of Cerebral Malaria', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58, pp. 602 - 605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02591-12

El-Assaad F; Wheway J; Hunt NH; Grau GER; Combes V, 2014, 'Production, Fate and Pathogenicity of Plasma Microparticles in Murine Cerebral Malaria', PLoS Pathogens, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003839

Pai S; Qin J; Cavanagh L; Mitchell A; El-Assaad F; Jain R; Combes V; Hunt NH; Grau GER; Weninger W, 2014, 'Real-Time Imaging Reveals the Dynamics of Leukocyte Behaviour during Experimental Cerebral Malaria Pathogenesis', PLoS Pathogens, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004236

El-Assaad F; Grau GE; Combes V, 2014, 'Experimental Models of Microvascular Immunopathology: The Example of Cerebral Malaria', J Neuroinfect Dis., http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26430675

El-Assaad F; Wheway J; Mitchell AJ; Lou J; Hunt NH; Combes V; Grau GER, 2013, 'Cytoadherence of plasmodium berghei-infected red blood cells to murine brain and lung microvascular endothelial cells in vitro', Infection and Immunity, 81, pp. 3984 - 3991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00428-13

Hackett MJ; Lee J; El-Assaad F; McQuillan JA; Carter EA; Grau GE; Hunt NH; Lay PA, 2012, 'FTIR imaging of brain tissue reveals crystalline creatine deposits are an ex vivo marker of localized ischemia during murine cerebral malaria: General implications for disease neurochemistry', ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 3, pp. 1017 - 1024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cn300093g

Faille D; El-Assaad F; Mitchell AJ; Alessi MC; Chimini G; Fusai T; Grau GE; Combes V, 2012, 'Endocytosis and intracellular processing of platelet microparticles by brain endothelial cells', Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 16, pp. 1731 - 1738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01434.x

Jambou R; El-Assaad F; Combes V; Grau GE, 2011, 'In vitro culture of Plasmodium berghei-ANKA maintains infectivity of mouse erythrocytes inducing cerebral malaria', Malaria Journal, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-346

Hackett MJ; McQuillan JA; El-Assaad F; Aitken JB; Levina A; Cohen DD; Siegele R; Carter EA; Grau GE; Hunt NH; Lay PA, 2011, 'Chemical alterations to murine brain tissue induced by formalin fixation: Implications for biospectroscopic imaging and mapping studies of disease pathogenesis', Analyst, 136, pp. 2941 - 2952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0an00269k

El-Assaad F; Hempel C; Combes V; Mitchell AJ; Ball HJ; Kurtzhals JAL; Hunt NH; Mathys JM; Grau GER, 2011, 'Differential microRNA expression in experimental cerebral and noncerebral malaria', Infection and Immunity, 79, pp. 2379 - 2384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.01136-10

Combes V; El-Assaad F; Faille D; Jambou R; Hunt NH; Grau GER, 2010, 'Microvesiculation and cell interactions at the brain-endothelial interface in cerebral malaria pathogenesis', Progress in Neurobiology, 91, pp. 140 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.01.007

Jambou R; El-Assaad F; Combes V; Grau GE, 2009, 'Citicoline (CDP-choline): What role in the treatment of complications of infectious diseases', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 41, pp. 1467 - 1470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2009.02.011

Faille D; El-Assaad F; Alessi MC; Fusai T; Combes V; Grau GER, 2009, 'Platelet-endothelial cell interactions in cerebral malaria: The end of a cordial understanding', Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 102, pp. 1093 - 1102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1160/TH09-05-0337

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