By Professor Nicholas Fisk

Journal articles

Gabbett MT; Laporte J; Sekar R; Nandini A; Pauline McGrath M; Sapkota Y; Jiang P; Zhang H; Burgess T; Montgomery GW; Chiu R; Fisk NM, 2019, 'Molecular support for heterogonesis resulting in sesquizygotic twinning', New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 380, pp. 842 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1701313

Moonshi SS; Zhang C; Peng H; Puttick S; Rose S; Fisk NM; Bhakoo K; Stringer BW; Qiao GG; Gurr PA; Whittaker AK, 2018, 'A unique ¹⁹F MRI agent for the tracking of non phagocytic cells: In vivo', Nanoscale, vol. 10, pp. 8226 - 8239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8nr00703a

Shafiee A; Patel J; Hutmacher DW; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2018, 'Meso-Endothelial Bipotent Progenitors from Human Placenta Display Distinct Molecular and Cellular Identity', Stem Cell Reports, vol. 10, pp. 890 - 904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.01.011

Shafiee A; Baldwin JG; Patel J; Holzapfel BM; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K; Hutmacher DW, 2017, 'Fetal Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells Enhance Humanization and Bone Formation of BMP7 Loaded Scaffolds', Biotechnology Journal, vol. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201700414

Shafiee A; Patel J; Lee JS; Hutmacher DW; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2017, 'Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells enhance engraftment, vasculogenic and pro-angiogenic activities of endothelial colony forming cells in immunocompetent hosts', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13971-3

Sardesai VS; Shafiee A; Fisk NM; Pelekanos RA, 2017, 'Avoidance of maternal cell contamination and overgrowth in isolating fetal chorionic villi mesenchymal stem cells from human term placenta', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, vol. 6, pp. 1070 - 1084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sctm.15-0327

Götherström C; Chan J; O'Donoghue K; Fisk NM, 2017, 'Erratum: Identification of candidate surface antigens for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis by comparative global gene expression on human fetal mesenchymal stem cells (Mol Hum Reprod. (2010) 16: 7 (472-480) DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq020)', Molecular Human Reproduction, vol. 23, pp. 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gax001

Patel J; Seppanen EJ; Rodero MP; Wong HY; Donovan P; Neufeld Z; Fisk NM; Francois M; Khosrotehrani K, 2017, 'Functional Definition of Progenitors Versus Mature Endothelial Cells Reveals Key SoxF-Dependent Differentiation Process', Circulation, vol. 135, pp. 786 - 805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024754

Shafiee A; Patel J; Wong HY; Donovan P; Hutmacher DW; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2017, 'Priming of endothelial colony-forming cells in a mesenchymal niche improves engraftment and vasculogenic potential by initiating mesenchymal transition orchestrated by NOTCH signaling', FASEB Journal, vol. 31, pp. 610 - 624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.201600937

Patel J; Seppanen EJ; Rodero M; Wong HY; Donovan P; Fisk NM; Francois M; Khosrotehrani K, 2017, 'Abstract 6: A Novel in vivo Endothelial Hierarchy from Progenitor to Mature Endothelial Cells Reveals Key SoxF-Dependent Differentiation Process', Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, vol. 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/atvb.37.suppl_1.6

Patel J; Wong HY; Wang W; Alexis J; Shafiee A; Stevenson AJ; Gabrielli B; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2016, 'Self-Renewal and High Proliferative Colony Forming Capacity of Late-Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitors is Regulated by Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors Driven by Notch Signaling', Stem Cells, vol. 34, pp. 902 - 912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.2262

Moschidou D; Corcelli M; Hau KL; Ekwalla VJ; Behmoaras JV; De Coppi P; David AL; Bou-Gharios G; Cook HT; Pusey CD; Fisk NM; Guillot PV, 2016, 'Human Chorionic Stem Cells: Podocyte Differentiation and Potential for the Treatment of Alport Syndrome', Stem Cells and Development, vol. 25, pp. 395 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2015.0305

Rohart F; Mason EA; Matigian N; Mosbergen R; Korn O; Chen T; Butcher S; Patel J; Atkinson K; Khosrotehrani K; Fisk NM; Cao KAL; Wells CA, 2016, 'A molecular classification of human mesenchymal stromal cells', PeerJ, vol. 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1845

Millard SM; Pettit AR; Ellis R; Chan JKY; Raggatt LJ; Khosrotehrani K; Fisk NM, 2015, 'Intrauterine bone marrow transplantation in osteogenesis imperfecta mice yields donor osteoclasts and osteomacs but not osteoblasts', Stem Cell Reports, vol. 5, pp. 682 - 689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.09.017

Pelekanos RA; Sardesai VS; Dekker Nitert M; Callaway LK; Fisk NM; Jeffery PL, 2015, 'Rapid method for growth hormone receptor exon 3 delete (GHRd3) SNP genotyping from archival human placental samples', Endocrine, vol. 49, pp. 643 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12020-015-0647-1

Shafiee A; Fisk NM; Hutmacher DW; Khosrotehrani K; Patel J, 2015, 'Fetal endothelial and mesenchymal progenitors from the human term placenta: Potency and clinical potential', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, vol. 4, pp. 419 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2014-0224

Patel J; Shafiee A; Wang W; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2014, 'Novel isolation strategy to deliver pure fetal-origin and maternal-origin mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) populations from human term placenta', Placenta, vol. 35, pp. 969 - 971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2014.09.001

Tan GC; Chan E; Molnar A; Sarkar R; Alexieva D; Isa IM; Robinson S; Zhang S; Ellis P; Langford CF; Guillot PV; Chandrashekran A; Fisk NM; Castellano L; Meister G; Winston RM; Cui W; Baulcombe D; Dibb NJ, 2014, '5′ isomiR variation is of functional and evolutionary importance', Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 42, pp. 9424 - 9435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku656

Pelekanos RA; Ting MJ; Sardesai VS; Ryan JM; Lim YC; Chan JKY; Fisk NM, 2014, 'Intracellular trafficking and endocytosis of CXCR4 in fetal mesenchymal stem/stromal cells', BMC Cell Biology, vol. 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-15-15

Jones GN; Moschidou D; Abdulrazzak H; Kalirai BS; Vanleene M; Osatis S; Shefelbine SJ; Horwood NJ; Marenzana M; De Coppi P; Bassett JHD; Williams GR; Fisk NM; Guillot PV, 2014, 'Potential of human fetal chorionic stem cells for the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta', Stem Cells and Development, vol. 23, pp. 262 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2013.0132

Roy E; Seppanen E; Ellis R; Lee ES; Khosroterani K; Fisk NM; Bou-Gharios G, 2014, 'Biphasic recruitment of microchimeric fetal mesenchymal cells in fibrosis following acute kidney injury', Kidney International, vol. 85, pp. 600 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.2013.459

Heazlewood CF; Sherrell H; Ryan J; Atkinson K; Wells CA; Fisk NM, 2014, 'High incidence of contaminating maternal cell overgrowth in human placental mesenchymal stem/stromal cell cultures: A systematic review', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, vol. 3, pp. 1305 - 1312, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2014-0051

Götherström C; Westgren M; Steven Shaw SW; Åström E; Biswas A; Byers PH; Mattar CNZ; Graham GE; Taslimi J; Ewald U; Fisk NM; Yeoh AEJ; Lin JL; Cheng PJ; Choolani M; Le Blanc K; Chan JKY, 2014, 'Pre- and postnatal transplantation of fetal mesenchymal stem cells in osteogenesis imperfecta: A two-center experience', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, vol. 3, pp. 255 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2013-0090

Ryan JM; Matigian N; Pelekanos RA; Jesuadian S; Wells CA; Fisk NM, 2014, 'Transcriptional ontogeny of first trimester human fetal and placental mesenchymal stem cells: Gestational age versus niche', Genomics Data, vol. 2, pp. 382 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2014.10.016

Patel J; Seppanen EJ; Rodero MP; Roy E; Fisk NM; Yoder MC; Francois M; Khosrotehrani K, 2014, 'Abstract 81: Novel Adult Endothelial Hierarchy Defined by Endovascular Progenitor Reexpression of SOX18', Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, vol. 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/atvb.34.suppl_1.81

Danon D; Fisk NM, 2013, 'In reply', Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 122, pp. 1302 - 1303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000027

Danon D; Fisk NM, 2013, 'Increased Stillbirth in Uncomplicated Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Reply', OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, vol. 122, pp. 1302 - 1303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000027

Ryan JM; Pettit AR; Guillot PV; Chan JKY; Fisk NM, 2013, 'Unravelling the Pluripotency Paradox in Fetal and Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Oct-4 Expression and the Case of the Emperor's New Clothes', Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, vol. 9, pp. 408 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12015-011-9336-5

Danon D; Sekar R; Hack KEA; Fisk NM, 2013, 'Increased stillbirth in uncomplicated monochorionic twin pregnancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 121, pp. 1318 - 1326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0b013e318292766b

Seppanen E; Roy E; Ellis R; Bou-Gharios G; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2013, 'Distant Mesenchymal Progenitors Contribute to Skin Wound Healing and Produce Collagen: Evidence from a Murine Fetal Microchimerism Model', PLoS ONE, vol. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062662

Seppanen E; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2013, 'Pregnancy-acquired fetal progenitor cells', Journal of Reproductive Immunology, vol. 97, pp. 27 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jri.2012.08.004

Millard SM; Fisk NM, 2013, 'Mesenchymal stem cells for systemic therapy: Shotgun approach or magic bullets?', BioEssays, vol. 35, pp. 173 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201200087

Moschidou D; Mukherjee S; Blundell MP; Jones GN; Atala AJ; Thrasher AJ; Fisk NM; De Coppi P; Guillot PV, 2013, 'Human mid-trimester amniotic fluid stem cells cultured under embryonic stem cell conditions with valproic acid acquire pluripotent characteristics', Stem Cells and Development, vol. 22, pp. 444 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2012.0267

Tsui NBY; Hyland CA; Gardener GJ; Danon D; Fisk NM; Millard G; Flower RL; Dennis Lo YM, 2013, 'Noninvasive fetal RHD genotyping by microfluidics digital PCR using maternal plasma from two alloimmunized women with the variant RHD(IVS3+1G>A) allele', Prenatal Diagnosis, vol. 33, pp. 1214 - 1216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.4230

Patel J; Seppanen E; Chong MSK; Yeo JSL; Teo EYL; Chan JKY; Fisk NM; Khosrotehrani K, 2013, 'Prospective surface marker-based isolation and expansion of fetal endothelial colony-forming cells from human term placenta', Stem Cells Translational Medicine, vol. 2, pp. 839 - 847, http://dx.doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2013-0092

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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 7, 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 6, pp. 52 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.6.1.13361

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