By Professor Nicholas Fisk

Journal articles

Pasquini L; Wimalasundera RC; Fichera A; Barigye O; Chappell L; Fisk NM, 2006, 'High perinatal survival in monoamniotic twins managed by prophylactic sulindac, intensive ultrasound surveillance, and cesarean delivery at 32 weeks' gestation', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28, pp. 681 - 687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.3811

Chan J; O'Donoghue K; Gavina M; Torrente Y; Kennea N; Mehmet H; Stewart H; Watt DJ; Morgan JE; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Galectin-1 induces skeletal muscle differentiation in human fetal mesenchymal stem cells and increases muscle regeneration', Stem Cells, 24, pp. 1879 - 1891, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2005-0564

Sarkar P; Bergman K; Fisk NM; Glover V, 2006, 'Maternal anxiety at amniocentesis and plasma cortisol', Prenatal Diagnosis, 26, pp. 505 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.1444

Denbow ML; Talbert D; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Determinants of flow along arterio-arterial anastomoses in monochorionic placentae by dynamic computer modelling of chorionic plate vasculature', Prenatal Diagnosis, 26, pp. 433 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.1432

Wee LY; Sebire NJ; Bhundia J; Sullivan M; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Histomorphometric characterisation of shared and non-shared cotyledonary villus territories of monochorionic placentae in relation to pregnancy complications', Placenta, 27, pp. 475 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2005.02.020

Jain V; Lim M; Longo M; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Inhibitory effect of erythropoietin on contractility of human chorionic plate vessels', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 194, pp. 246.e1 - 246.e7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2005.05.037

Chan J; Cabrol D; Ingemarsson I; Marsal K; Moutquin JM; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Pragmatic comparison of β 2 -agonist side effects within the Worldwide Atosiban versus Beta Agonists Study', European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 128, pp. 135 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.01.030

Wee LY; Sullivan MH; Humphries K; Fisk NM, 2006, 'OP05.05: High rate of chorionic blood flow in arteriovenous anastomoses (AVA) in monochorionic placentae (MC) is still less than in normal cotyledons', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 28, pp. 450 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.3169

Pasquini L; Barigye O; Chappell LC; Vanderheyden T; Galea P; Wimalasundera R; Fisk NM, 2006, 'OP05.14: Interstitial intrafetal laser for selective and non‐selective reduction in complicated monochorionic multiple pregnancies', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 28, pp. 452 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.3178

Keelin O; Cartwright E; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Stage I twin-twin transfusion syndrome', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195, pp. S186 - S186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2006.10.663

Kennea NL; Stratou C; Naparus A; Fisk NM; Mehmet H, 2005, 'Functional intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways in human fetal mesenchymal stem cells [1]', Cell Death and Differentiation, 12, pp. 1439 - 1441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.cdd.4401641

Mahieu-Caputo D; Meulemans A; Martinovic J; Gubler MC; Delezoide AL; Muller F; Madelenat P; Fisk NM; Dommergues M, 2005, 'Paradoxic activation of the renin-angiotensin system in twin-twin transfusion syndrome: An explanation for cardiovascular disturbances in the recipient', Pediatric Research, 58, pp. 685 - 688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/01.PDR.0000180558.03164.E8

Galea P; Jain V; Fisk NM, 2005, 'Insights into the pathophysiology of twin-twin transfusion syndrome', Prenatal Diagnosis, 25, pp. 777 - 785, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.1264

Taylor MJO; Thomas MJ; Smith MJ; Oseku-Afful S; Fisk NM; Green AR; Paterson-Brown S; Gardiner HM, 2005, 'Non-invasive intrapartum fetal ECG: Preliminary report', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 112, pp. 1016 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00643.x

Barigye O; Pasquini L; Galea P; Chambers H; Chappell L; Fisk NM, 2005, 'High risk of unexpected late fetal death in monochorionic twins despite intensive ultrasound surveillance: A cohort study', PLoS Medicine, 2, pp. 0521 - 0527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020172

Vanderheyden TM; Fichera A; Pasquini L; Tan TYT; Wee LY; Frusca T; Fisk NM, 2005, 'Increased latency of absent end-diastolic flow in the umbilical artery of monochorionic twin fetuses', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 26, pp. 44 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.1900

Welsh AW; Rubin JM; Fowlkes JB; Fisk NM, 2005, 'Standardization of power Doppler quantification of blood flow in the human fetus using the aorta and inferior vena cava', ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY, 26, pp. 33 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.1924

Miller NM; Fisk NM; Modi N; Glover V, 2005, 'Stress responses at birth: Determinants of cord arterial cortisol and links with cortisol response in infancy', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 112, pp. 921 - 926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00620.x

Fisk NM, 2005, 'Life before Birth', BMJ, 330, pp. 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7495.851

Fisk NM; Roberts IAG; Markwald R; Mironov V, 2005, 'Can routine commercial cord blood banking be scientifically and ethically justified?', PLoS Medicine, 2, pp. 0087 - 0090, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020044

Gitau R; Adams D; Fisk NM; Glover V, 2005, 'Fetal plasma testosterone correlates positively with cortisol', Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2004.049320

Birch L; English CA; O'Donoghue K; Barigye O; Fisk NM; Keer JT, 2005, 'Accurate and robust quantification of circulating fetal and total DNA in maternal plasma from 5 to 41 weeks of gestation', Clinical Chemistry, 51, pp. 312 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2004.042713

Chan J; O'Donoghue K; De La Fuente J; Roberts IA; Kumar S; Morgan JE; Fisk NM, 2005, 'Human fetal mesenchymal stem cells as vehicles for gene delivery', Stem Cells, 23, pp. 93 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2004-0138

Moise KJ; Dorman K; Lamvu G; Saade GR; Fisk NM; Dickinson JE; Wilson RD; Gagnon A; Belfort MA; O'Shaughnessy RO; Chitkara U; Hassan SS; Johnson A; Sciscione A; Skupski D, 2005, 'A randomized trial of amnioreduction versus septostomy in the treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193, pp. 701 - 707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.067

Wee LY; Taylor M; Watkins N; Franke V; Parker K; Fisk NM, 2005, 'Characterisation of deep arterio-venous anastomoses within monochorionic placentae by vascular casting', Placenta, 26, pp. 19 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2004.04.007

Fisk NM; Shirley I; De Biasio P; Ginocchio G; Aicardi G; Ravera G; Venturini PL; Vignolo M, 2005, 'Timing of mid-trimester sacral ossification (multiple letters)', Prenatal Diagnosis, 25, pp. 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.1053

Welsh A; Rubin J; Fowlkes B; Fisk NM, 2005, 'Standardisation of power Doppler quantification of blood flow in the human fetus using the aorta and inferior vena cava', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 26, pp. 33 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.1924

O'Donoghue K; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Fetal stem cells', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 18, pp. 853 - 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.06.010

Miller NM; Williamson C; Fisk NM; Glover V, 2004, 'Infant cortisol response after prolonged antenatal prednisolone treatment', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 111, pp. 1471 - 1474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00288.x

O'Donoghue K; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Potential application of stem cells: Part 2', Biologist, 51, pp. 185 - 188

Fisk NM; Itskovitz-Eldor J, 2004, 'Preface', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 18, pp. 825 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.09.001

de la Fuente J; Chan J; O’Donoghue K; Kaeda J; Kumar S; Fisk NM; Roberts IAG, 2004, 'Circulating Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells Support Ltc-Ic and Express a Cytokine Profile To Maintain Quiescence of Co-Circulating Hemopoietic Stem Cells Circulating Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells Support LTC-IC and Express a Cytokine Profile To Maintain Quiescence of Co-Circulating Hemopoietic Stem Cells.', Blood, 104, pp. 2327 - 2327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v104.11.2327.2327

Taylor MJO; Talbert D; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Letter to the editors', Placenta, 25, pp. 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2004.04.005

O'Donoghue K; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Potential application of stem cells: Part 1', Biologist, 51, pp. 125 - 129

Taylor MJO; Talbert D; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Pseudo-arterio-arterial anastomoses in twin-twin transfusion syndrome', Placenta, 25, pp. 742 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2004.02.010

Denbow ML; Taylor M; Cox P; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Derivation of rate of arterio-arterial anastomotic transfusion between monochorionic twin fetuses by Doppler waveform analysis', Placenta, 25, pp. 664 - 670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2004.01.027

Pasquini L; Wimalasundera RC; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Management of other complications specific to monochorionic twin pregnancies', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 18, pp. 577 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.04.011

O'Donoghue K; Chan J; De La Fuente J; Kennea N; Sandison A; Anderson JR; Roberts IAG; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Microchimerism in female bone marrow and bone decades after fetal mesenchymal stem-cell trafficking in pregnancy', Lancet, 364, pp. 179 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16631-2

Fisk NM; Galea P, 2004, 'Twin-twin transfusion - As good as it gets?', New England Journal of Medicine, 351, pp. 182 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMe048047

Tan TYT; Taylor MJO; Wee LY; Vanderheyden T; Wimalasundera R; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Doppler for artery-artery anastomosis and stage-independent survival in twin-twin transfusion', Obstetrics and Gynecology, 103, pp. 1174 - 1180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.AOG.0000127881.34144.d8

Wee LY; Taylor MJO; Vanderheyden T; Wimalasundera R; Gardiner HM; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Reversal of twin-twin transfusion syndrome: Frequency, vascular anatomy, associated anomalies and outcome', Prenatal Diagnosis, 24, pp. 104 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.799

Smith RP; Miller SL; Igosheva N; Peebles DM; Glover V; Jenkin G; Hanson MA; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Cardiovascular and endocrine responses to cutaneous electrical stimulation after fentanyl in the ovine fetus', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190, pp. 836 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2003.09.064

Gitau R; Fisk NM; Glover V, 2004, 'Human fetal and maternal corticotrophin releasing hormone responses to acute stress', Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fn.89.1.f29

Tan TYT; Denbow ML; Cox PM; Talbert D; Fisk NM, 2004, 'Occlusion of arterio-arterial anastomosis manifesting as acute twin-twin transfusion syndrome', Placenta, 25, pp. 238 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2003.08.018

Taylor MJO; Wee LY; Denbow ML; Fisk NM; Quintero RA; Nakata M; Martínez JM; Díaz C; Chmait R, 2004, 'Re: Intra-amniotic Doppler measurement of blood flow in placental vascular anastomoses in twin-twin transfusion syndrome [4] (multiple letters)', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 24, pp. 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.1725

Fisk NM; Tan TYT; Taylor MJO; Quintero RA, 2004, 'Re: Stage-based treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome [10] (multiple letters)', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190, pp. 1809 - 1810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2003.12.051

Fisk NM; Tan TYT; Taylor MJO, 2004, 'Re: Stage-based treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome [3]', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190, pp. 1491 - 1492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2003.12.054

Lawin‐O'Brien AR; Kumar S; Pasquini L; Dennes W; Wimalasundera R; Fisk NM; Rutherford MA, 2004, 'OC152: Comparison between ultrasound and fetal MRI in normal and abnormal brains for cerebellar pathology', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 24, pp. 257 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.1269

Pasquini L; Barlow A; Kumar S; Wimalasundera R; Fisk NM; Gardiner H, 2004, 'P01.15: Misinterpretation of abnormal ductus venosus waveforms in fetuses with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum', Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 24, pp. 272 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.1321

Smith RP; Glover V; Fisk NM, 2003, 'Acute increase in femoral artery resistance in response to direct physical stimuli in the human fetus', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 110, pp. 916 - 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2003.02373.x

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