By Dr Karen Jane Gibson

Book Chapters

Lumbers ER; Gibson KJ; Stevenson KM, 1998, 'Changes in renal function at birth', in Body Fluids and Kidney Function, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 106 - 143

Journal articles

Huang PH; Velan G; Smith G; Fentoullis M; Kennedy SE; Gibson KJ; Uebel K; Shulruf B, 2023, 'What impacts students’ satisfaction the most from Medicine Student Experience Questionnaire in Australia: a validity study', Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 20, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2023.20.2

Lumbers ER; Kandasamy Y; Delforce SJ; Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Pringle KG, 2020, 'Programming of Renal Development and Chronic Disease in Adult Life', Frontiers in Physiology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00757

McMullen J; Lumbers E; Gibson K, 2018, 'Differential contractile responses and receptor properties of fetal systemic arteries and uterine arteries of pregnant sheep to angiotensin II: arteries with high proportions of AT2 receptors', Medical Research Archives, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/mra.v6i5.1739

Turner AJ; Brown RD; Brandon AE; Persson AEG; Gibson KJ, 2017, 'Tubuloglomerular feedback responses in offspring of dexamethasone-treated ewes', American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology, 313, pp. F864 - F873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00538.2016

Davis GC; Gibson KJ; Casley D; Brown MA, 2017, 'Angiotensin II/Angiotensin (1-7) ratio and 24-h blood pressure throughout themenstrual cycle and in women using oral contraceptives', Journal of Hypertension, 35, pp. 1178 - 1186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001310

Delaney SK; Mills J; Galea A; LeBard RJ; Wilson J; Gibson K; Kornfeld G; Ashraf G, 2017, 'Analysis of Alternative Strategies for the Teaching of Difficult Threshold Concepts in Large Undergraduate Medicine and Science Classes', Medical Science Educator, 27, pp. 673 - 684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-017-0453-x

Turner AJ; Brown RD; Boyce A; Gibson KJ; Persson AEG, 2015, 'Fetal tubuloglomerular feedback in an ovine model of mild maternal renal disease', Physiological Reports, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12448

Kim E; Eiby Y; Lumbers E; Boyce A; Gibson K; Lingwood B, 2015, 'Expression of genes of the cardic and renal renin-angiotensin systems in preterm piglets:is this system a suitable target for therapeutic intervention?', Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, 9, pp. 285 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753944715578615

Kim MY; Eiby YA; Lumbers ER; Wright LL; Gibson KJ; Barnett AC; Lingwood BE, 2014, 'Effects of glucocorticoid exposure on growth and structural maturation of the heart of the preterm piglet', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093407

Kim MY; Finch AM; Lumbers ER; Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Eiby YA; Lingwood BE, 2014, 'Expression of adrenoceptor subtypes in preterm piglet heart is different to term heart', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092167

Lumbers ER; Pringle KG; Wang Y; Gibson KJ, 2013, 'The renin-angiotensin system from conception to old age: The good, the bad and the ugly', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 40, pp. 743 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1440-1681.12098

Boyce AC; Palmer-Aronsten BJ; Kim MY; Gibson KJ, 2013, 'Maternal vitamin D deficiency programmes adult renal renin gene expression and renal function', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 4, pp. 368 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2040174413000342

Brandon A; Boyce AC; Lumbers ER; Kumarasamy V; Gibson KJ, 2011, 'Programming of the renin response to haemorrhage by mild maternal renal impairment in sheep', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 38, pp. 102 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2010.05473.x

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

Turner AJ; Brown RD; Carlstrom M; Gibson KJ; Persson A, 2008, 'Mechanisms of neonatal increase in glomerular filtration rate', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 295, pp. R916 - R921

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

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

O Connell AE; Boyce AC; Kumarasamy V; Douglas-Denton R; Bertram J; Gibson KJ, 2006, 'Long-term effects of a midgestational asphyxial episode in the ovine fetus', Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries In Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology, 288A, pp. 1112 - 1120

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yu Z; Lumbers ER; Gibson KJ; Stevens AD, 1998, 'Effects of hypoxaemia on foetal heart rate, variability and cardiac rhythm', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, pp. 577 - 584

Mcmullen JR; Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER, 1998, 'The effects of intravenous infusions of noradrenaline on renal function in chronically catheterized fetal sheep', Biology of the Neonate, pp. 254 - 263

Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER, 1997, 'Ovine fetal cardiovascular, renal and fluid balance responses to 3 days of high arginine vasopressin levels', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 272, pp. R1069 - R1076

Stevenson KM; Gibson K; Lumbers ER, 1996, 'Effects of losartan on the cardiovascular system, renal haemodynamics and function and lung liquid flow in fetal sheep', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, pp. 125 - 133

Gibson K; Lumbers ER, 1996, 'The effects of continuous drainage of fetal fluids on salt and water balance in fetal sheep', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 443 - 450

Stevenson KM; Gibson K; Lumbers ER, 1995, 'Comparison of the transplacental transfer of enalapril, captopril and losartan in sheep', British Journal of Pharmacology, 114, pp. 1495 - 1501

Gibson K; Lumbers ER, 1995, 'Extracellular volume and blood volume in chronically catheterized fetal sheep', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 835 - 844

Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER, 1994, 'Changes in renal function and blood volume in the newborn lamb delivered by cesarean section', Pediatric Research, 36, pp. 506 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199410000-00017

Lumbers ER; Menzies RI; Gibson KJ; Tyndale-Biscoe CH, 1994, 'Levels of active and inactive reninlike enzymes in plasma and reproductive tract of the pregnant wallaby', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1994.266.4.r1353

Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER, 1993, 'The roles of arginine vasopressin in fetal sodium balance and as a mediator of the effects of fetal 'stress'', Journal of Developmental Physiology, 19, pp. 125 - 136

Gibson KJ; Lumbers ER, 1992, 'Mechanisms by which the pregnant ewe can sustain increased salt and water supply to the fetus.', The Journal of Physiology, 445, pp. 569 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp018940

Lumbers ER; Moore RS; Stevens AD; Gibson KJ, 1991, 'Changes in fetal and maternal plasma protein concentration and colloid osmotic pressure with gestation', Journal of Developmental Physiology, 15, pp. 347 - 350

Conference Presentations

Kim MY; Eiby YA; Lumbers ER; Boyce AC; Gibson KJ; Lingwood BE, 2011, 'EXPRESSION OF ADRENOCEPTOR SUBTYPES IN THE PRETERM PIG HEART', http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pr.2011.482

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