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Mallon PW; Miller JE; Kovacic JC; Kent-Hughes J; Norris RP; Samaras K; Feneley MP; Cooper DA; Carr AD, 2006, 'Effect of pravastatin on body composition and markers of cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected men - a randomized, placebo-controlled study', AIDS, 20, pp. 1003 - 1010

Greenfield JR; Samaras K, 2006, 'Evaluation of pituitary function in the fatigued patient: a review of 59 cases', European Journal of Endocrinology, 154, pp. 147 - 157

Manolios N; Samaras K, 2006, 'Hypercarotenaemia', Internal Medicine Journal, 36, pp. 534 - 534

Samaras K; McElduff A; Twigg S; Proietto J; Prins J; Welborn T; Zimmet PZ; Chisholm DJ; Campbell LV, 2006, 'Insulin levels in insulin resistance: phantom of the metabolic opera?', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 159 - 161

Greenfield JR; Samaras K, 2006, 'Suppression of HPA axis in adults taking inhaled corticosteroids', Thorax, 61, pp. 272 - 273

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Hayward CS; Chisholm DJ; Campbell LV, 2005, 'Beneficial postprandial effect of a small amount of alcohol on diabetesand cardiovascular risk factors: Modification by insulin resistance', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 90, pp. 661 - 672

Mallon PW; Miller JM; Kovacic JC; Kent-Hughes J; Norris RP; Samaras K; Feneley MP; Cooper DA; Carr AD, 2005, 'Changes in body composition and cardiovascular measures in hypercholesterolaemic HIV-infected men treated with pravastatin: a randomized, placebo-controlled study', Antiviral Therapy, 10, pp. L15 - L16

Samaras K; Campbell LV, 2005, 'Heritability of body fat using DXA', Obesity Research, 13, pp. 2210 - 2210

Samaras K; Pett SL; Gowers A; McMurchie M; Cooper DA, 2005, 'Iatrogenic Cushing`s syndrome with osteoporosis and secondary adrenal failure in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients receiving inhaled corticosteroids and ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors: Six cases', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 90, pp. 4394 - 4398

Mallon PW; Unemori P; Sedwell R; Morey AL; Rafferty M; Williams KM; Chisholm DJ; Samaras K; Emery S; Kelleher AD; Cooper DA; Carr AD, 2005, 'In vivo, nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors alter expression of both mitochondrial and lipid metabolism genes in the absence of depletion of mitochondrial DNA', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 191, pp. 1686 - 1696

Samaras K; Campbell LV, 2005, 'Insulin resistance: More important to identify than quantify', Nephrology, 10, pp. 597 - 598

Mallon PW; Sedwell R; Unemori P; Rafferty M; Williams KM; Chisholm DJ; Samaras K; Emery S; Kelleher AD; Cooper DA; Carr AD, 2004, 'Changes in nuclear gene expression resulting from NRTI-induced inhibition of mitochondrial transcription reveal links between mitochondrial dysfunction and lipid metabolism', Antiviral Therapy, 9, pp. L56 - L56

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Jenkins AB; Kelly PJ; Spector TD; Campbell LV, 2004, 'Do gene-environment interactions influence fasting plasma lipids? Astudy of twins', European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 34, pp. 590 - 598

Mallon PW; Unemori P; Sedwell R; Morey AL; Rafferty M; Williams KM; Chisholm DJ; Samaras K; Emery S; Kelleher AD; Cooper DA; Carr AD, 2004, 'In vivo nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors alter expression of both mitochondrial and lipid metabolism genes independent to HIV infection', Antiviral Therapy, 9, pp. L11 - L11

Carr AD; Workman C; Carey DL; Rogers GJ; Martin A; Baker DA; Wand HC; Law MG; Samaras K; Emery S; Cooper DA, 2004, 'No effect of rosiglitazone for treatment of HIV-1 lipoatrophy:randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial', Lancet, 363, pp. 429 - 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15489-5

Mallon PW; Sedwell R; Unemori P; Merlin K; McGinley C; Ammaranond P; Peperias M; Rafferty M; Williams KM; Samaras K; Morey AL; Chisholm DJ; Kelleher AD; Cooper DA; Carr AD, 2004, 'Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) decrease adipocyte and monocyte mitochondrial (mt) messenger RNA transcription in the absence of changes in mtDNA or cell morphology', Antiviral Therapy, 9, pp. L56 - L57

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Jenkins AB; Kelly PJ; Spector TD; Gallimore J; Pepys M; Campbell LV, 2004, 'Obesity is an important determinant of baseline serum C-reactiveprotein concentration in monozygotic twins, independent of geneticinfluences', Circulation, 109, pp. 3022 - 3028

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Jenkins AB; Kelly PJ; Spector TD; Campbell LV, 2003, 'Moderate alcohol consumption, estrogen replacement therapy, and physical activity are associated with increased insulin sensitivity: Is abdominal adiposity the mediator?', Diabetes Care, 26, pp. 2734 - 2740, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diacare.26.10.2734

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Campbell LV; Chisholm DJ, 2003, 'Type 1 diabetes is not associated with increased central abdominal obesity - Response to Sobel', DIABETES CARE, 26, pp. 2703 - 2703, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diacare.26.9.2703

Craig PL; Samaras K; Freund J; Culton NL; Halavatau V; Campbell LV, 2003, 'BMI inaccurately reflects total body and abdominal fat in Tongans', ACTA Diabetologica, 40, pp. 282 - 285

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Spector TD; Campbell LV; Jenkins AB; Kelly PJ, 2003, 'Moderate Alcohol Consumption and oestrogen replacement are associated with insulin sensitivity: is lower abdominal adiposity the mediator?', Diabetes Care, 26, pp. 2734 - 2740

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Spector TD; Campbell LV; Jenkins AB; Kelly PJ, 2003, 'Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Fat Composition, and Abdominal Obesity in Women: Evidence of Gene-Environment Interaction', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 88, pp. 5381 - 5386

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Campbell LV; Spector TD; Hayward CS; Jenkins AB; Kelly PJ, 2003, 'Physical activity reduces genetic susceptibility to increased central systolic pressure augmentation: a study of female twins', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 42, pp. 264 - 270

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Campbell LV; Chisholm DJ, 2003, 'Type I diabetes is not associated with increased central abdominal obesity', Diabetes Care, 26, pp. 2703 - 2703

Samaras K, 2002, 'Obesity: Managing the newest epidemic', Current Therapeutics, 43-44, pp. 7 - 11

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Chisholm DJ, 2002, 'Insulin resistance, intra-abdominal fat, cardiovascular risk factors, and androgens in healthy young women with type 1 diabetes mellitus', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 87, pp. 1036 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jcem.87.3.8324

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Chisholm DJ; Campbell LV, 2002, 'Regional intra-subject variability in abdominal adiposity limits usefulness of computed tomography', Obesity Research, 10, pp. 260 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/oby.2002.35

Gan SK; Samaras K; Thompson CH; Kraegen EW; Carr AD; Cooper DA; Chisholm DJ, 2002, 'Altered myocellular and abdominal fat partitioning predict disturbance in insulin action in HIV protease inhibitor-related lipodystrophy', Diabetes, 51, pp. 3163 - 3169

Greenfield JR; Samaras K; Chisholm DJ, 2002, 'Insulin resistance, intra-abdominal fat, cardiovascular risk factors, and androgens in healthy young women with type 1 diabetes mellitus.', J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 87, pp. 1036 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jcem.87.3.8324

Gan SK; Samaras K; Carr AD; Chisholm DJ, 2001, 'Anti-retroviral therapy, insulin resistance and lipodystrophy', Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, pp. 67 - 71

Hayward CS; Samaras K; Campbell LV; Kelly RP, 2001, 'Effect of combination hormone replacement therapy on ambulatory blood pressure and arterial stiffness in diabetic postmenopausal women', American Journal of Hypertension, 14, pp. 699 - 703

Jenkins AB; Samaras K; Gordon MA; Snieder H; Spector TD; Campbell LV, 2001, 'Lack of heritabiliyt of circulating leptin concentration inhumans after adjustment of body size and adiposity using a physiological approach.', International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders, pp. 1625 - 1632

Jenkins AB; Samaras K; Campbell LV; Gordon M; Snieder H; Spector T, 2000, 'A physiological model of circulating leptin concentration in humans: Effects of gender, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, and smoking.', DIABETOLOGIA, 43, pp. A173 - A173, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000089136700662&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Jenkins AB; Samaras K; Carey DGP; Kelly P; Campbell LV, 2000, 'Improved indices of insulin resistance and insulin secretion for use in genetic and population studies of type 2 diabetes mellitus', Twin Research, 3, pp. 148 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/136905200320565427

Samaras K; Campbell LV, 2000, 'Increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in the third millennium: Is abdominal fat the central issue?', Diabetes Care, 23, pp. 441 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diacare.23.4.441

Samaras K; Nguyen TV; Jenkins AB; Eisman JA; Howard GM; Kelly P; Campbell LV, 1999, 'Clustering of insulin resistance, total and central abdominal fat: same genes or same environment?', Twin Research, 2, pp. 218 - 225

Carr AD; Samaras K; Thorisdottir A; Kaufmann GR; Chisholm DJ; Cooper DA, 1999, 'Diagnosis, prediction, and natural course of HIV-1 protease-inhibitor-associated lipodystrophy, hyperlipidaemia, and diabetes mellitis: a cohort study', The Lancet, pp. 2093 - 2099

Samaras K; Kelly P; Campbell LV, 1999, 'Dietary underreporting is prevalent in middleaged British women and is not related to adiposity (percentage body fat)', International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders, pp. 881 - 888

Samaras K; Hayward C; Sullivan D; Kelly RP; Campbell LV; Hayward C, 1999, 'Effects of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy on central abdominal fat, glycaemic control, lipid metabolism and vascular factors in Type 2 diabetes: a prospective study', Diabetes Care, pp. 1401 - 1407

Samaras K; Kelly P; Chiano M; Spector TD; Campbell LV, 1999, 'Genetic and environmental influences on total-body and central abdominal fat: the effect of physical activity in female twins', Annals of Internal Medicine, 130, pp. 873 - 882

Freund J; Carr A; Samaras K; Law M; Chisholm DJ; Cooper DA; Griffiths MR; Majerovic Y; Noakes KA, 1999, 'Peripheral lipodystrophy measured by DEXA in patients receiving HIV protease inhibitors', Nuclear Medicine Communications, 20, pp. 390 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006231-199904000-00104

Jenkins AB; Samaras K; Carey DG; Campbell LV, 1998, 'Reducing misclassification bias in the HOMA indices of insulin resistance and secretion.', DIABETOLOGIA, 41, pp. A109 - A109, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000075353800427&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Samaras K; Hayward CS; Sullivan D; Kelly R; Campbell LV, 1998, 'The effect of estrogen therapy (ET) on central fat, lipids and vascular distensibility in type 2 diabetes', DIABETOLOGIA, 41, pp. A214 - A214, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000075353800830&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Wurtz R; Carr A; Samaras K; Chisholm DJ; Cooper DA; Ho TTY; Chan KCW; Wong KH; Lee SS, 1998, 'Abnormal fat distribution and use of protease inhibitors (multiple letters) [7]', Lancet, 351, pp. 1735 - 1736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)77774-6

Carr AD; Samaras K; Burton S; Law MG; Freund J; Chisholm DJ; Cooper DA, 1998, 'A syndrome of peripheral lipodystrophy, hyperlipidaemia and insulin resistance in patients receiving HIV protease inhibitors', AIDS, 12, pp. F51 - F58

Carr AD; Samaras K; Chisholm DJ; Cooper DA, 1998, 'Abnormal fat distribution and use of protease inhibitors', Lancet, pp. 1736 - 1736

Samaras K; Campbell LV; Chisholm DJ, 1998, 'Can the effectiveness of physical activity programs be improved?', Diabetes Care, 21, pp. 195 - 195

Samaras K, 1998, 'Genes and obesity: mathematics and molecules', ASSO Newsletter Obesity Australasia, pp. 2 - 3

Samaras K; Kelly P; Chiano M; Arden NK; Spector TD; Campbell LV, 1998, 'Genes versus environment: The relationship between dietary fat and total and central abdominal fat', Diabetes Care, pp. 2069 - 2076

Chisholm DJ; Samaras K; Markovic TP; Carey DJ; Lapsys NM; Campbell LV, 1998, 'Obesity: genes, glands or gluttony?', Reproduction Fertility and Development, 10, pp. 49 - 53


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