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Mattar CN; Waddington SN; Biswas A; Johana N; Ng XW; Fisk AS; Fisk NM; Tan LG; Rahim AA; Buckley SMK; Tan MH; Lu J; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2013, 'Systemic delivery of scAAV9 in fetal macaques facilitates neuronal transduction of the central and peripheral nervous systems', Gene Therapy, 20, pp. 69 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/gt.2011.216

Balan D; Burns CJ; Fisk NG; Hügel H; Huang DCS; Segal D; White C; Wagler J; Rizzacasa MA, 2012, 'Synthesis and biological evaluation of a potent salicylihalamide A lactam analogue', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 10, pp. 8147 - 8153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ob26649k

Seppanen EJ; Hodgson SS; Khosrotehrani K; Bou-Gharios G; Fisk NM, 2012, 'Fetal microchimeric cells in a fetus-treats-its-mother paradigm do not contribute to dystrophin production in serially parous mdx females', Stem Cells and Development, 21, pp. 2809 - 2816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2012.0047

Jones GN; Moschidou D; Puga-Iglesias TI; Kuleszewicz K; Vanleene M; Shefelbine SJ; Bou-Gharios G; Fisk NM; David AL; de Coppi P; Guillot PV, 2012, 'Ontological Differences in First Compared to Third Trimester Human Fetal Placental Chorionic Stem Cells', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e43395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043395

Liu Y; Teoh SH; Chong MSK; Lee ESM; Mattar CNZ; Randhawa NK; Zhang ZY; Medina RJ; Kamm RD; Fisk NM; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2012, 'Vasculogenic and osteogenesis-enhancing potential of human umbilical cord blood endothelial colony-forming cells', Stem Cells, 30, pp. 1911 - 1924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.1164

Zhang ZY; Teoh SH; Hui JHP; Fisk NM; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2012, 'The potential of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells for off-the-shelf bone tissue engineering application', Biomaterials, 33, pp. 2656 - 2672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.12.025

Chen YS; Pelekanos RA; Ellis RL; Horne R; Wolvetang EJ; Fisk NM, 2012, 'Small molecule mesengenic induction of human induced pluripotent stem cells to generate mesenchymal stem/stromal cells', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 1, pp. 83 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2011-0022

Jones GN; Moschidou D; Lay K; Abdulrazzak H; Vanleene M; Shefelbine SJ; Polak J; de Coppi P; Fisk NM; Guillot PV, 2012, 'Upregulating CXCR4 in human fetal mesenchymal stem cells enhances engraftment and bone mechanics in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 1, pp. 70 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2011-0007

Moschidou D; Mukherjee S; Blundell MP; Drews K; Jones GN; Abdulrazzak H; Nowakowska B; Phoolchund A; Lay K; Ramasamy TS; Cananzi M; Nettersheim D; Sullivan M; Frost J; Moore G; Vermeesch JR; Fisk NM; Thrasher AJ; Atala A; Adjaye J; Schorle H; De Coppi P; Guillot PV, 2012, 'Valproic acid confers functional pluripotency to human amniotic fluid stem cells in a transgene-free approach', Molecular Therapy, 20, pp. 1953 - 1967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2012.117

Fisk NM; Mckee M; Atun R, 2011, 'Relative and absolute addressability of global disease burden in maternal and perinatal health by investment in R&D', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 16, pp. 662 - 668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02778.x

Bou-Gharios G; Amin F; Hill P; Nakamura H; Maxwell P; Fisk NM, 2011, 'Microchimeric fetal cells are recruited to maternal kidney following injury and activate collagen type i transcription', Cells Tissues Organs, 193, pp. 379 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321172

Vanleene M; Saldanha Z; Cloyd KL; Jell G; Bou-Gharios G; Bassett JHD; Williams GR; Fisk NM; Oyen ML; Stevens MM; Guillot PV; Shefelbine SJ, 2011, 'Transplantation of human fetal blood stem cells in the osteogenesis imperfecta mouse leads to improvement in multiscale tissue properties', Blood, 117, pp. 1053 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2010-05-287565

Fisk NM; Wesselingh SL; Beilby JJ; Glasgow NJ; Puddey IB; Robinson BG; Angus JA; Smith PJ, 2011, 'Academic health science centres in Australia: Let's get competitive', Medical Journal of Australia, 194, pp. 59 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04165.x

Mattar CNZ; Nathwani AC; Waddington SN; Dighe N; Kaeppel C; Nowrouzi A; McIntosh J; Johana NB; Ogden B; Fisk NM; Davidoff AM; David A; Peebles D; Valentine MB; Appelt JU; Von Kalle C; Schmidt M; Biswas A; Choolani M; Chan JKY, 2011, 'Stable human FIX expression after 0.9G intrauterine gene transfer of self-complementary adeno-associated viral vector 5 and 8 in macaques', Molecular Therapy, 19, pp. 1950 - 1960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mt.2011.107

Frost JM; Monk D; Moschidou D; Guillot PV; Stanier P; Minger SL; Fisk NM; Moore HD; Moore GE, 2011, 'The effects of culture on genomic imprinting profiles in human embryonic and fetal mesenchymal stem cells', Epigenetics, 6, pp. 52 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.6.1.13361

Heazlewood C; Brooke G; Fisk N; Atkinson K, 2011, 'The isolation and characterisation of term human fetal-derived and maternal-derived mesenchymal stromal cells', Placenta, 32, pp. S334 - S334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2011.07.057

Lee ESM; Bou-Gharios G; Seppanen E; Khosrotehrani K; Fisk NM, 2010, 'Fetal stem cell microchimerism: Natural-born healers or killers?', Molecular Human Reproduction, 16, pp. 869 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaq067

McKee M; Fisk NM; Atun R, 2010, 'Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008', The Lancet, 376, pp. 1389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61951-4

Morganstein DL; Wu P; Mane MR; Fisk NM; White R; Parker MG, 2010, 'Human fetal mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into brown and white adipocytes: A role for ERRα in human UCP1 expression', Cell Research, 20, pp. 434 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/cr.2010.11

Götherström C; Chan J; O'Donoghue K; Fisk NM, 2010, 'Identification of candidate surface antigens for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis by comparative global gene expression on human fetal mesenchymal stem cells', Molecular Human Reproduction, 16, pp. 472 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaq020

Choolani M; Chan J; Fisk NM, 2010, 'Fetal therapy: 2020 and beyond', Prenatal Diagnosis, 30, pp. 699 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.2527

Zhang ZY; Teoh SH; Chong MSK; Lee ESM; Tan LG; Mattar CN; Fisk NM; Choolani M; Chan J, 2010, 'Neo-vascularization and bone formation mediated by fetal mesenchymal stem cell tissue-engineered bone grafts in critical-size femoral defects', Biomaterials, 31, pp. 608 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.09.078

Smith J; Plaat F; Fisk NM, 2009, 'The natural caesarean', Birth, 36, pp. 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00369.x

Callaway L; Colditz PB; Fisk NM, 2009, 'Folic acid supplementation and spontaneous preterm birth: Adding grist to the mill?', PLoS Medicine, 6, pp. e1000077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000077

Fisk NM; Duncombe GJ; Sullivan MHF, 2009, 'The Basic and Clinical Science of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome', Placenta, 30, pp. 379 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2009.02.005

O'Donoghue K; Rutherford MA; Engineer N; Wimalasundera RC; Cowan FM; Fisk NM, 2009, 'Transfusional fetal complications after single intrauterine death in monochorionic multiple pregnancy are reduced but not prevented by vascular occlusion', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 116, pp. 804 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02128.x

Kennea NL; Waddington SN; Chan J; O'Donoghue K; Yeung D; Taylor DL; Al-Allaf FA; Pirianov G; Themis M; Edwards AD; Fisk NM; Mehmet H, 2009, 'Differentiation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells into cells with an oligodendrocyte phenotype', Cell Cycle, 8, pp. 1069 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cc.8.7.8121

Zhang ZY; Teoh SH; Chong MSK; Schantz JT; Fisk NM; Choolani MA; Chan J, 2009, 'Superior osteogenic capacity for bone tissue engineering of fetal compared with perinatal and adult mesenchymal stem cells', Stem Cells, 27, pp. 126 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2008-0456

Fisk NM; Atun R, 2009, 'Systematic analysis of research underfunding in maternal and perinatal health', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 116, pp. 347 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02027.x

Engineer N; O'Donoghue K; Wimalasundera RC; Fisk NM, 2008, 'The effect of polyhydramnios on cervical length in twins: A controlled intervention study in complicated monochorionic pregnancies', PLoS ONE, 3, pp. e3834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003834

Tunstall-Pedoe O; Roy A; Karadimitris A; De La Fuente J; Fisk NM; Bennett P; Norton A; Vyas P; Roberts I, 2008, 'Abnormalities in the myeloid progenitor compartment in Down syndrome fetal liver precede acquisition of GATA1 mutations', Blood, 112, pp. 4507 - 4511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-04-152967

Galea P; Barigye O; Wee L; Jain V; Sullivan M; Fisk NM, 2008, 'The Placenta Contributes to Activation of the Renin Angiotensin System in Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome', Placenta, 29, pp. 734 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2008.04.010

O'Donoghue K; Barigye O; Pasquini L; Chappell L; Wimalasundera RC; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Interstitial laser therapy for fetal reduction in monochorionic multiple pregnancy: Loss rate and association with aplasia cutis congenita', Prenatal Diagnosis, 28, pp. 535 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.2025

Rodeck CH; Fisk NM, 2008, 'In appreciation', Prenatal Diagnosis, 28, pp. 375 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.2022

Guillot PV; Cook HT; Pusey CD; Fisk NM; Harten S; Moss J; Shore I; Bou-Gharios G, 2008, 'Transplantation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells improves glomerulopathy in a collagen type Iα2-deficient mouse', Journal of Pathology, 214, pp. 627 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/path.2325

Fisk NM; Atun R, 2008, 'Public-private partnership in cord blood banking', BMJ, 336, pp. 642 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39489.454699.ad

De Bari C; Dell'Accio F; Karystinou A; Guillot PV; Fisk NM; Jones EA; McGonagle D; Khan IM; Archer CW; Mitsiadis TA; Donaldson AN; Luyten FP; Pitzalis C, 2008, 'A biomarker-based mathematical model to predict bone-forming potency of human synovial and periosteal mesenchymal stem cells', Arthritis and Rheumatism, 58, pp. 240 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.23143

Guillot PV; De Bari C; Dell'Accio F; Kurata H; Polak J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Comparative osteogenic transcription profiling of various fetal and adult mesenchymal stem cell sources', Differentiation, 76, pp. 946 - 957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-0436.2008.00279.x

Santos MA; O'Donoghue K; Wyatt-Ashmead J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Fetal cells in the maternal appendix: A marker of inflammation or fetal tissue repair?', Human Reproduction, 23, pp. 2319 - 2325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/den261

Chan J; Kumar S; Fisk NM, 2008, 'First trimester embryo-fetoscopic and ultrasound-guided fetal blood sampling for ex vivo viral transduction of cultured human fetal mesenchymal stem cells', Human Reproduction, 23, pp. 2427 - 2437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/den302

Mikhail MA; M'Hamdi H; Welsh J; Levicar N; Marley SB; Nicholls JP; Habib NA; Louis LS; Fisk NM; Gordon MY, 2008, 'High frequency of fetal cells within a primitive stem cell population in maternal blood.', Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 23, pp. 928 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dem417

Guillot PV; Abass O; Bassett JHD; Shefelbine SJ; Bou-Gharios G; Chan J; Kurata H; Williams GR; Polak J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Intrauterine transplantation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells from first-trimester blood repairs bone and reduces fractures in osteogenesis imperfecta mice', Blood, 111, pp. 1717 - 1725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2007-08-105809

Fisk NM; Atun R, 2008, 'Market failure and the poverty of new drugs in maternal health', PLoS Medicine, 5, pp. 0022 - 0028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050022

O'Donoghue K; Sultan HA; Al-Allaf FA; Anderson JR; Wyatt-Ashmead J; Fisk NM, 2008, 'Microchimeric fetal cells cluster at sites of tissue injury in lung decades after pregnancy', Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 16, pp. 382 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60600-1

Smith J; Plaat F; Fisk NM, 2008, 'The natural caesarean: A woman-centred technique', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 115, pp. 1037 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01777.x

Engineer N; O'Donoghue K; Wimalasundera R; Fisk N, 2007, 'A controlled intervention study of the relationship between cervical length and polyhydramnios in complicated monochorionic twin pregnancies', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 197, pp. S51 - S51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2007.10.151

Perkins L; Hughes E; Srinivasan L; Allsop J; Glover A; Kumar S; Fisk N; Rutherford M, 2007, 'Exploring cortical subplate evolution using magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal brain', Developmental Neuroscience, 30, pp. 211 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000109864

O'Donoghue K; Cartwright E; Galea P; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Stage I twin-twin transfusion syndrome: Rates of progression and regression in relation to outcome', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 30, pp. 958 - 964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.5189

Sarkar P; Bergman K; Fisk NM; O'Connor TG; Glover V, 2007, 'Amniotic fluid testosterone: Relationship with cortisol and gestational age', Clinical Endocrinology, 67, pp. 743 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02955.x

Guillot PV; Cui W; Fisk NM; Polak DJ, 2007, 'Stem cell differentiation and expansion for clinical applications of tissue engineering: Tissue Engineering Review Series', Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 11, pp. 935 - 944, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00106.x


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