3-9 Mar 2020 Central Clinical School recent publications

What we know so far about COVID-19: Allen Cheng (Monash)
and Deborah Williamson (Doherty Institute). Image: MJA

Recent publications as notified during the week 3-9 Mar 2020 by PubMed from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following disciplines. This is not a comprehensive list:

• Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine
• Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
• Blood Diseases
• Diabetes
• Infectious Diseases
• Immunology and Pathology
• Medicine
• Neuroscience
• Psychiatry
• Sexual Health
• Surgery

Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory medicine

Harvey ES, Langton D, Katelaris C, ..., Hew M, ..., Gibson PG. Mepolizumab effectiveness and identification of super-responders in severe asthma. Eur Respir J. 2020 Mar 5. pii: 1902420. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02420-2019.

Rang C, Keating D, Wilson J, Kotsimbos T. Re-Imagining Cystic Fibrosis Care: Next Generation Thinking. Eur Respir J. 2020 Mar 5. pii: 1902443. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02443-2019.

Rowntree LC, van den Heuvel H, Sun J, D'Orsogna LJ, Nguyen THO, Claas FHJ, Rossjohn J, Kotsimbos TC, Purcell AW, Mifsud NA. Preferential HLA-B27 Allorecognition Displayed by Multiple Cross-Reactive Antiviral CD8+ T Cell Receptors. Front Immunol. 2020 Feb 19;11:248. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00248. eCollection 2020.


Department of Diabetes

Davey JR, Estevez E, Thomson RE, Whitham M, Watt KI, ..., Coughlan MT4, Febbraio MA, Gregorevic P. Intravascular Follistatin gene delivery improves glycemic control in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes. FASEB J. 2020 Mar 5. doi: 10.1096/fj.201802059RRR.

Deliyanti D, Alrashdi SF, Touyz RM, Kennedy CR, Jha JC, Cooper ME, Jandeleit-Dahm KA, Wilkinson-Berka JL. Nox (NADPH Oxidase) 1, Nox4, and Nox5 Promote Vascular Permeability and Neovascularization in Retinopathy. Hypertension. 2020 Mar 2:HYPERTENSIONAHA11914100. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14100.

Kaipananickal H, Khan AW, Corcoran SJ, Esler MD, Okabe J, El-Osta A. Targeting Treatment Refractory NET by EZH2 Inhibition in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome. Circ Res. 2020 Mar 3. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.315654.
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Pitsillou E, Liang J, Hung A, Karagiannis TC. Chromatin modification by olive phenolics: In silico molecular docking studies utilising the phenolic groups categorised in the OliveNet™ database against lysine specific demethylase enzymes. J Mol Graph Model. 2020 Feb 26;97:107575. doi: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107575.


Department of Gastroenterology

Moore JS, Gibson PR, Burgell RE. Randomised clinical trial: transabdominal interferential electrical stimulation vs sham stimulation in women with functional constipation. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Mar 3. doi: 10.1111/apt.15642.


Department of Infectious Diseases

Cheng AC, Williamson DA. An outbreak of COVID-19 caused by a new coronavirus: what we know so far. Med J Aust. 2020 Mar 8. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50530.


Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Durukan D, Read TRH, Bradshaw CS, Fairley CK, Williamson DA, De Petra V, Maddaford K, Wigan R, Chen MY, Tran A, Chow EPF. Pooling pharyngeal, anorectal and urogenital samples for screening asymptomatic men who have sex with men for <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> and <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Mar 4. pii: JCM.01969-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01969-19. PMID: 32132192


Department of Medicine - Alfred

Hamblin PS, Wong R, Bach LA. Sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors: managing the small but critical risk of diabetic ketoacidosis. Med J Aust. 2020 Mar 3. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50525.


Department of Medicine - Peninsula

Zabetian-Targhi F, Srikanth VK, Beare R, Moran C, Wang W, Breslin M, Smith KJ, Callisaya ML. Adherence to the Australian dietary guidelines is not associated with brain structure or cognitive function in older adults. J Nutr. 2020 Mar 4. pii: nxaa052. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa052. PMID: 32133492


Department of Neuroscience 

Alshehri B, Pagnin M, Lee JY, Petratos S, Richardson SJ. The Role of Transthyretin in Oligodendrocyte Development. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 6;10(1):4189. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-60699-8.

Semple BD, Dill LK, O'Brien TJ. Immune Challenges and Seizures: How Do Early Life Insults Influence Epileptogenesis? Front Pharmacol. 2020 Feb 4;11:2. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00002. Review. PMID: 32116690

Voo VTF, Stankovich J, O'Brien TJ, Butzkueven H, Monif M. Vitamin D status in an Australian patient population: a large retrospective case series focusing on factors associated with variations in serum 25(OH)D. BMJ Open. 2020 Mar 4;10(3):e032567. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032567. PMID: 32139482


Department of Psychiatry

Toh WL, Tan EJ, Neill E, Van Rheenen TE, Gurvich C, Sumner PJ, Carruthers SP, Thomas EH, Rossell SL. Identifying the cognitive underpinnings of voice-hearing by comparing never, past and current voice-hearers. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2020 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/acps.13169.


Department of Surgery

Lee JC, Maher DI, Goare S, Forrest E, Grodski S, Serpell JW. Response to letter to editor re: "Routine preoperative laryngoscopy for thyroid surgery is not necessary without risk factors". Thyroid. 2020 Mar 5. doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0163.

Moris L1, Cumberbatch MG2, Van den Broeck T3, ..., Grummet JP12, ..., Wiegel T31. Benefits and Risks of Primary Treatments for High-risk Localized and Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: An International Multidisciplinary Systematic Review. Eur Urol. 2020 Mar 4. pii: S0302-2838(20)30071-3. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.01.033.