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The Underappreciated Role of Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Its Strong Link to Lung Cancer

Mahmood MQ, Shukla SD, Ward C, Walters EH

(2021), Biomolecules, 11(9), 1394

DOI: 10.3390/biom11091394

Silicosis: Pathogenesis and utility of animal models of disease

Walters EH, Shukla SD

(2021), Allergy, 76(10), 3241-2

DOI: 10.1111/all.14880

Protein levels, air pollution and vitamin D deficiency: links with allergy

Song Y, Walters EH, Abramson MJ, Bowatte G, Bui DS, Perret J, Feather I, Knibbs LD, Wilson R, Nichols DS, Dharmage SC, Zosky GR

(2021), ERJ Open Research, 7(4), 00237-2021

DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00237-2021

Childhood lung function as a determinant of menopause-dependent lung function decline

Triebner K, Bui D, Walters EH, Abramson MJ, Bowatte G, Campbell B, Dadvand P, Erbas B, Johns DP, Leynaert B, Lodge CJ, Lowe AJ, Perret JL, Hustad S, Gómez Real F, Dharmage SC.

(2021), Maturitas, 153, 41-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.08.001

Ten-year prediction model for post-bronchodilator airflow obstruction and early detection of COPD: development and validation in two middle-aged population-based cohorts

Perret JL, Vicendese D, Simons K, Jarvis DL, Lowe AJ, Lodge CJ, Bui DS, Tan D, Burgess JA, Erbas B, Bickerstaffe A, Hancock K, Thompson BR, Hamilton GS, Adams R, Benke GP, Thomas PS, Frith P, McDonald CF, Blakely T, Abramson MJ, Walters EH, Minelli C, Dharmage SC; TAHS and ECRHS Investigator Groups

(2021), BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 8(1), e001138

DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001138

Increased myofibroblasts in the small airways, and relationship to remodelling and functional changes in smokers and COPD patients: potential role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Eapen MS, Lu W, Hackett TL, Singhera GK, Mahmood MQ, Hardikar A, Ward C, Walters EH, Sohal SS

(2021), ERJ Open Research, 7(2), 00876-2020

DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00876-2020

There is detectable variation in the lipidomic profile between stable and progressive patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)

Nambiar S, Clynick B, How BS, King A, Walters EH, Goh NS, Corte TJ, Trengove R, Tan D, Moodley Y

(2021), Resp Res, 22(1), 105

DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01682-3.

Fully integrating pathophysiological insights in COPD: an updated working disease model to broaden therapeutic vision

Walters EH, Shukla SD, Mahmood MQ, Ward C

(2021), Eur Respir Rev, 30(160), 200364

DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0364-2020

Exposure to household air pollution over 10 years is related to asthma and lung function decline

Dai X, Bui DS, Perret JL, Lowe AJ, Frith PA, Bowatte G, Thomas PS, Giles GG, Hamilton GS, Tsimiklis H, Hui J, Burgess J, Win AK, Abramson MJ, Walters EH, Dharmage SC, Lodge CJ

(2021), Eur Respir J, 57(1), 2000602

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00602-2020

Outdoor pollen-related changes in lung function and markers of airway inflammation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Idrose NS, Walters EH, Zhang J, Vicendese D, Newbigin EJ, Douglass JA, Erbas B, Lowe AJ, Perret JL, Lodge CJ, Dharmage SC

(2021), Clin Exp Allergy, 51(5), 636-53

DOI: 10.1111/cea.13842

Mechanistic insights on EMT and smoking-related COPD

Shukla S, Ward C, Walters EH

(2021), Stem Cell Rev Rep, 17(4), 1503-4

DOI: 10.1007/s12015-021-10152-8

Complementary medicine use by community-dwelling older Australians

Lefevre A, Hopper I, McNeil JJ, Owen A, for the ALSOP Complementary Medicine Research Group

(2021), MED J AUSTRALIA, 214(3), 140-141

DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50884

Test-Retest Reliability of the BREAST-Q IS in the Australian Breast Device Registry

Merenda M, Vishwanath S, Ng S, Parker E, Earnest A, Klassen A, Pusic A, Hopper I

(2021), Aesthet Surg J, 41(4), NP177-NP184

DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjaa342

Impact of a model of care for heart failure in-patients to reduce variation in care: a quality improvement project

Hopper I, Easton K, Bader I, Campbell J, Busija L, Markey P, Bergin P, Kaye D

(2021), Intern Med J, 51(4), 577-64

DOI: 10.1111/imj.14783

Infrared thermography as a modality for tracking cutaneous temperature change and post-mortem interval in the critical care setting

Chan PY, Tay A, Chen D, Timms P, McNeil J, Hopper I

(2021), Forensic Sci Int, 327, 110960

DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110960

Final opinion on the safety of breast implants in relation to anaplastic large cell lymphoma: Report of the scientific committee on health, emerging and environmental risks (SCHEER)

De Jong WH, Panagiotakos D, Proykova A, Samaras T, Clemens MW, De Jong D, Hopper I, Rakhorst HA, Santanelli di Pompeo F, Turner SD; SCHEER

(2021), REGUL TOXICOL PHARM, 125, 104982

DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104982

Breast Device Surgery in Australia: Early Results from the Australian Breast Device Registry

Vishwanath S, Pellegrini B, Parker E, Earnest A, Kalbasi S, Gartoulla P, Elder E, Farrell G, Moore C, Cooter RD, Ahern S, McNeil JJ, Hopper I

(2021), J PLAST RECONSTR AES, 74(10), 2719-30

DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.03.035

Role of microvascular dysfunction in left ventricular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Halabi A, Nolan M, Potter E, Wright L, Asham A, Marwick TH

(2021), J DIABETES COMPLICAT, 35(5), 107907

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2021.107907

Evolution of Myocardial Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Patients at Risk of Heart Failure

Halabi A, Yang H, Wright L, Potter E, Huynh Q, Negishi K, Marwick TH

(2021), JACC-CARDIOVASC IMAG, 14(2), 350-61

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.09.032

Machine Learning of ECG Waveforms to Improve Selection for Testing for Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Potter EL, Rodrigues CHM, Ascher DB, Abhayaratna WP, Sengupta PP, Marwick TH

(2021), JACC-CARDIOVASC IMAG, 14(10), 1904-15

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.04.020