By Professor Nicholas Fisk

Journal articles

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

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/10.1016/S1470-0328(03)02373-5

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