By Emeritus Scientia Professor Eugenie Ruth Lumbers

Journal articles

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

Lumbers ER; Yu Z, 1999, 'A method for determining baroreflex mediated sympathetic and parasympathetic control of the heart in pregnant and non-pregnant sheep', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 555 - 566

Dodic M; Peers A; Coghlan JP; May CN; Lumbers ER; Yu Z; Wintour EM, 1999, 'Altered cardiovascular haemodynamics and baroreceptor-heart rate reflex in adult sheep after prenatal exposure to dexamethasone', Clinical Science, pp. 103 - 109

Lumbers ER, 1999, 'Angiotensin and aldosterone', Regulatory Peptides, pp. 91 - 100

Burrell JH; Lumbers ER; Bernasconi C, 1999, 'Effects of ACTH-induced hypertension in the pregnant ewe', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, pp. 818 - 823

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

Stevens AD; Lumbers ER, 1999, 'The effects of long-term infusions of angiotensin II into the pregnant ewe on uterine blood flow and on the fetus.', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, pp. 824 - 830

Lumbers ER, 1999, 'The Fetal and Neonatal Renin-Angiotensin System: Development and Function of the Kidney', ACE Report

Zhang DY; Lumbers ER; Wu JJ, 1998, 'Gestational changes in fetal renal and hepatic angiotensinogen mRNA and protein', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 10, pp. 399 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RD98063

Lumbers ER; Bernasconi C; Burrell JH, 1998, 'Effects of infusions of ACTH in the chronically catheterized pregnant ewe and her fetus', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 274, pp. R445 - R452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.2.R445

Segar JL; Lumbers ER; Nuyt AM; SMith OJ; Robillard JE, 1998, 'Effect of antenatal glucocorticoids on sympathetic nerve activity at birth in preterm sheep', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 274, pp. R160 - R167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.1.R160

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