Recent CCS publications: Week ending 7 October 2016

PhD student Dominik Draxler (left) with Anushka
Fernando (Honours student) right in the Medcalf
lab. Dominik is first author on a review of plasmin.

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of ACBD, AIRmed, Gastroenterology, MSHC, MAPrc, Medicine, Surgery:

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)

Fredriksson L, Lawrence DA, Medcalf RL. tPA Modulation of the Blood-Brain Barrier: A Unifying Explanation for the Pleiotropic Effects of tPA in the CNS. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2016 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Draxler DF, Sashindranath M, Medcalf RL. Plasmin: A Modulator of Immune Function. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2016 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print]



Swierczak A, Mouchemore KA, Hamilton JA, Anderson RL. Neutrophils: important contributors to tumor progression and metastasis. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2015 Dec;34(4):735-51. doi: 10.1007/s10555-015-9594-9.

Infectious Diseases

Qu Y, Thissen H, McGiffin D, Peleg AY. Optimizing Microplate Biofilm Assays to Screen Anti-infective Surfaces. Trends Biotechnol. 2016 Sep 22. pii: S0167-7799(16)30150-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.09.001. [Epub ahead of print]

Medicine

Adler NR, Sia CS, Polchleb C, Jane S, Aung AK. Intravascular large B cell lymphoma with haemophagocytic syndrome: a double lethal masquerade. Intern Med J. 2015 Dec;45(12):1310-2. doi: 10.1111/imj.12931.

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Bellhouse C, Walker S, Fairley CK, Vodstrcil LA, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Chow EP. Patterns of sexual behaviour and sexual healthcare needs among transgender individuals in Melbourne, Australia, 2011-2014. Sex Transm Infect. 2016 Sep 29. pii: sextrans-2016-052710. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052710. [Epub ahead of print]

Ong JJ, Fairley CK, Carroll S, Walker S, Chen M, Read T, Grulich A, Bradshaw C, Kaldor J, Clarke P. Cost-effectiveness of screening for anal cancer using regular digital ano-rectal examinations in men who have sex with men living with HIV. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Mar 1;19(1):20514. doi: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20514. eCollection 2016.