By Emeritus Scientia Professor Eugenie Ruth Lumbers

Journal articles

Lumbers E; Sykes S; Pringle K; Zhou A; Dekker GA; Roberts C, 2012, '988 THE EFFECTS OF FETAL SEX ON THE MATERNAL RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM (RAS) AT 15 WEEKS GESTATION IN WOMEN WHO SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOP PREECLAMPSIA OR GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. e286 - e286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000420934.71653.9a

Morris B; Wodak AD; Mindel A; Schrieber L; Duggan K; Dilley A; Willcourt R; Lowy M; Cooper DA; Lumbers ER; Russell CT; Leeder S, 2012, 'Infant male circumcision: An evidence-based policy statement', Open Journal of Preventative Medicine, 2, pp. 79 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpm.2012.21012

Eiby YA; Lumbers ER; Headrick JP; Lingwood BE, 2012, 'Left ventricular output and aortic blood flow in response to changes in preload and afterload in the preterm piglet heart', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 303, pp. R769 - R777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00010.2012

Pringle KG; Zakar T; Yates D; Mitchell CM; Hirst JJ; Lumbers ER, 2011, 'Molecular evidence of a (pro)renin/ (pro)renin receptor system in human intrauterine tissues in pregnancy and its association with PGHS-2', JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, 12, pp. 304 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470320310376554

Pringle KG; Tadros MA; Callister RJ; Lumbers ER, 2011, 'The expression and localization of the human placental prorenin/renin- angiotensin system throughout pregnancy: Roles in trophoblast invasion and angiogenesis?', Placenta, 32, pp. 956 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2011.09.020

van der Graaf AM; Zeeman GG; Groen H; Lumbers ER; Roberts C; Dekker GA, 2011, 'O15. Non-invasive assessment of hemodynamics in early pregnancy.', Pregnancy Hypertens, 1, pp. 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.preghy.2011.08.047

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, 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

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

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

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

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/10.1017/S0958067000019394

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

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

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