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2004, High-risk atherosclerotic plaques: Mechanisms, imaging, models, and therapy
,2004, Preface
,Book Chapters
2013, 'Insights into roles of immediate-early genes in angiogenesis', in Angiogenesis and Vascularisation: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Diseases, pp. 145 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1428-5_7
,2007, 'Early growth response-1 coupling in vascular endothelium', in Endothelial Biomedicine, pp. 818 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511546198.091
,2005, 'Animal Models of Vulnerable Plaque', in High-Risk Atherosclerotic Plaques Mechanisms, Imaging, Models, and Therapy, CRC Press, Florida, pp. 35 - 52
,2000, 'Biology of platelet derived growth factor', in Skeletal Growth Factors, Lippincott Williams OEM_sqlplus_input_finished, Philadelphia, USA, pp. 129 - 152
,2000, 'Growth factors and cytokines in atherogenesis', in Athersclerosis, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 250 - 266
,2000, 'Mechanisms of angiotensin II-induced platelet-derived growth factor gene expression', in Control of Gene Expression by Catecholamines and the Renin-Angiotensin System, Springer US, pp. 183 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4351-0_21
,2000, 'Platelet-derived growth factor: regulation of gene expression and roles in vascular pathobiology', in Platelets, Thrombosis and the Vessel Wall, Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 267 - 286
,Journal articles
2024, 'Targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and small molecules and peptidomimetics as emerging immunoregulatory agents for melanoma', Cancer Letters, 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216633
,2024, 'Human Papilloma Virus Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and the Immune System: Pathogenesis, Immunotherapy and Future Perspectives', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms25052798
,2024, 'Early growth response-1, a dynamic conduit in cardiovascular disease', Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1487668
,2024, 'Personalised Medicine and the Potential Role of Electrospinning for Targeted Immunotherapeutics in Head and Neck Cancer', Nanomaterials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano14010006
,2023, 'Emerging therapeutic strategies for unmet need in neovascular age-related macular degeneration', Journal of Translational Medicine, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-03937-7
,2023, 'Flubendazole inhibits PD-1 and suppresses melanoma growth in immunocompetent mice', Journal of Translational Medicine, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04289-y
,2023, 'The MEK-ERK-Egr-1 axis and its regulation in cardiovascular disease', Vascular Pharmacology, 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2023.107232
,2023, 'Translating discoveries as novel biomarkers and interventions in ophthalmology', Journal of Translational Medicine, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04216-1
,2023, 'Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Small-Molecule Immunotherapies and the Emerging Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Therapeutic Strategies for Head and Neck Cancer', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241411695
,2023, 'Gene Therapeutic Strategies for Peripheral Artery Disease and New Opportunities Provided by Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors', Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 43, pp. 836 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318902
,2023, 'Early Growth Response-1: Friend or Foe in the Heart?', Heart Lung and Circulation, 32, pp. e23 - e35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2023.02.005
,2023, 'Proportion of people with diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema varies by ethnicity in a tertiary retinal clinic in Australia: findings from the Liverpool Eye and Diabetes Study (LEADS)', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055404
,2023, 'TCF7L1 Exacerbates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Prevalence and Severity', JACC: Basic to Translational Science, 8, pp. 171 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2022.09.006
,2022, 'Author Correction: Discovery of widespread transcription initiation at microsatellites predictable by sequence-based deep neural network (Nature Communications, (2021), 12, 1, (3297), 10.1038/s41467-021-23143-7)', Nature Communications, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28758-y
,2022, 'Transcriptional regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, differentiation and senescence: Novel targets for therapy', Vascular Pharmacology, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2022.107091
,2022, 'RNA sequencing identifies genes reliant upon Ser26 in the zinc finger transcription factor, early growth response-1', Vascular Pharmacology, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2022.106952
,2021, 'Discovery of widespread transcription initiation at microsatellites predictable by sequence-based deep neural network', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23143-7
,2021, 'Emerging insights on functions of the anthelmintic flubendazole as a repurposed anticancer agent', Cancer Letters, 522, pp. 57 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2021.09.013
,2021, 'Early growth response-1, an integrative sensor in cardiovascular and inflammatory disease', Journal of the American Heart Association, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.023539
,2021, 'Truncated YY1 interacts with BASP1 through a 339KLK341motif in YY1 and suppresses vascular smooth muscle cell growth and intimal hyperplasia after vascular injury', Cardiovascular Research, 117, pp. 2395 - 2406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab021
,2021, 'BT2 suppresses human monocytic-endothelial cell adhesion, bone erosion and inflammation', Journal of Inflammation Research, 14, pp. 1019 - 1028, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S296676
,2021, 'Serine 26 in early growth response-1 is critical for endothelial proliferation, migration, and network formation', Journal of the American Heart Association, 10, pp. e020521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.020521
,2020, 'Neutralizing the pathological effects of extracellular histones with small polyanions', Nature Communications, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20231-y
,2020, 'Recruitment and maturation of the coronary collateral circulation: Current understanding and perspectives in arteriogenesis', Microvascular Research, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2020.104058
,2020, 'Comparative transcriptomics of primary cells in vertebrates', Genome Research, 30, pp. 951 - 961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gr.255679.119
,2020, 'Pharmaceutical patents: reconciling the human right to health with the incentive to invent', Drug Discovery Today, 25, pp. 1135 - 1141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2020.04.009
,2020, 'Thermostable small-molecule inhibitor of angiogenesis and vascular permeability that suppresses a pERK-FosB/ΔFosB-VCAM-1 axis', Science Advances, 6, pp. eaaz7815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz7815
,2020, 'Remote ischemic preconditioning induces cardioprotective autophagy and signals through the IL-6-dependent JAK-STAT pathway', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21051692
,2020, 'Egr-1 functions as a master switch regulator of remote ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection', Basic Research in Cardiology, 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00395-019-0763-9
,2020, 'Repurposing drugs for skin cancer', Current Medicinal Chemistry, 27, pp. 7214 - 7221, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867327666191220103901
,2019, 'Transcription factors targeted by miRNAs regulating smooth muscle cell growth and intimal thickening after vascular injury', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20215445
,2019, 'The anthelmintic flubendazole blocks human melanoma growth and metastasis and suppresses programmed cell death protein-1 and myeloid-derived suppressor cell accumulation', Cancer Letters, 459, pp. 268 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2019.05.026
,2019, 'Extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1 phosphorylates early growth response-1 at serine 26', Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 510, pp. 345 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.01.019
,2019, 'Deoxyribozymes as catalytic nanotherapeutic agents', Cancer Research, 79, pp. 879 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-2474
,2019, 'Circulating mediators of remote ischemic preconditioning: Search for the missing link between non-lethal ischemia and cardioprotection', Oncotarget, 10, pp. 216 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26537
,2018, 'Promoter Usage and Dynamics in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Exposed to Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 or Interleukin-1β', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30702-4
,2018, 'Melanoma protective antitumor immunity activated by catalytic DNA', Oncogene, 37, pp. 5115 - 5126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41388-018-0306-0
,2018, 'The Yin and Yang of YY1 in tumor growth and suppression', International Journal of Cancer, 143, pp. 460 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.31255
,2018, 'Targeted therapies in the management of locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer: A systematic review', Oncotarget, 9, pp. 21613 - 21627, http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.25085
,2018, '"Summer Shift": A potential effect of sunshine on the time onset of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction', Journal of the American Heart Association, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006878
,2017, 'Developing neolignans as proangiogenic agents: Stereoselective total syntheses and preliminary biological evaluations of the four guaiacylglycerol 8-O-4'-coniferyl ethers', ACS Omega, 2, pp. 7375 - 7388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b01459
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