By Professor Nicholas Fisk

Journal articles

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

Kurata H; Guillot PV; Chan J; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Osterix induces osteogenic gene expression but not differentiation in primary human fetal mesenchymal stem cells', Tissue Engineering, 13, pp. 1513 - 1523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.2006.0374

Choolani M; Ho SSY; Razvi K; Ponnusamy S; Baig S; Fisk NM; Biswas A; Mohammed NB; Huoming Z; Gole L; Wong PC; Rauff M; Chan YH; Tan KSW, 2007, 'FastFISH: Technique for ultrarapid fluorescence in situ hybridization on uncultured amniocytes yielding results within 2 h of amniocentesis', Molecular Human Reproduction, 13, pp. 355 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gam016

Aguilar S; Nye E; Chan J; Loebinger M; Spencer-Dene B; Fisk N; Stamp G; Bonnet D; Janes SM, 2007, 'Murine but not human mesenchymal stem cells generate osteosarcoma-like lesions in the lung', Stem Cells, 25, pp. 1586 - 1594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2006-0762

Aguilar S; Nye E; Chan J; Loebinger M; Spencer-Dene B; Fisk N; Stamp G; Bonnet D; Janes SM, 2007, 'Murine but not human mesenchymal stem cells generate osteosarcoma-like lesions in the lung', STEM CELLS, 25, pp. 1586 - 1594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2006-0762

Wee LY; Sullivan M; Humphries K; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Longitudinal Blood Flow in Shared (Arteriovenous Anastomoses) and Non-Shared Cotyledons in Monochorionic Placentae', Placenta, 28, pp. 516 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2006.09.001

Sarkar P; Bergman K; Fisk NM; O'Connor TG; Glover V, 2007, 'Ontogeny of foetal exposure to maternal cortisol using midtrimester amniotic fluid as a biomarker', Clinical Endocrinology, 66, pp. 636 - 640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02785.x

Bianchi DW; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Fetomaternal cell trafficking and the stem cell debate: Gender matters', JAMA, 297, pp. 1489 - 1491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.297.13.1489

Guillot PV; Gotherstrom C; Chan J; Kurata H; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Human first-trimester fetal MSC express pluripotency markers and grow faster and have longer telomeres than adult MSC', Stem Cells, 25, pp. 646 - 654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2006-0208

Guillot PV; Gotherstrom C; Chan J; Kurata H; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Human first-trimester fetal MSC express pluripotency markers and grow faster and have longer telomeres than adult MSC', STEM CELLS, 25, pp. 646 - 654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.20060208

Chan J; Kennea NL; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Placental mesenchymal stem cells', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2006.08.002

Chan J; Waddington SN; O'Donoghue K; Kurata H; Guillot PV; Gotherstrom C; Themis M; Morgan JE; Fisk NM, 2007, 'Widespread distribution and muscle differentiation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells after intrauterine transplantation in dystrophic mdx mouse', Stem Cells, 25, pp. 875 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2006-0694

O'Donoghue K; Sultan HA; Anderson JR; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Microchimeric fetal cells contribute to tissue repair after pregnancy', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 195, pp. S102 - S102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2006.10.337

Tunstall-Pedoe O; de la Fuente J; Bennett PR; Fisk NM; Vyas P; Roberts IAG, 2006, 'Trisomy 21 Expands the Megakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitor Compartment in Human Fetal Liver-Implications for Down Syndrome AMKL.', Blood, 108, pp. 563 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v108.11.563.563

Guillot PV; O'Donoghue K; Kurata H; Fisk NM, 2006, 'Fetal stem cells: Betwixt and between', Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 24, pp. 340 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-952149

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

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