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Bill Kalionis is affiliated with the Royal Women's Hospital in Australia and has a research background primarily rooted in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers molecular biology and obstetrics and gynecology, with additional focus on cancer research, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and genetics.

The scientist's research topics frequently involve pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, extracellular vesicles in disease, microRNA in disease regulation, birth, development, and health, mesenchymal stem cell research, the reproductive system and pregnancy, and pregnancy-related medical research.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Decidual mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles ameliorate endothelial cell proliferation, inflammation, and oxidative stress in a cell culture model of preeclampsia (2020, Pregnancy Hypertension)
  • HMGB1 plays an important role in pyroptosis induced blood brain barrier breakdown in diabetes-associated cognitive decline (2021, Journal of Neuroimmunology)
  • The Placental NLRP3 Inflammasome and Its Downstream Targets, Caspase-1 and Interleukin-6, Are Increased in Human Fetal Growth Restriction: Implications for Aberrant Inflammation-Induced Trophoblast Dysfunction (2022, Cells)
  • Functional changes in decidual mesenchymal stem/stromal cells are associated with spontaneous onset of labour (2020, Molecular Human Reproduction)
  • Combined Antioxidant, Anti-inflammaging and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment: A Possible Therapeutic Direction in Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2020, Aging and Disease)

Bill Kalionis has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Placenta
  • Aging and Disease
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Pregnancy Hypertension
  • Journal of Neuroimmunology

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Padma Murthi
  • Harry M. Georgiou
  • Shaun P. Brennecke
  • Maria I. Kokkinos
  • Qingyu Lei

Best Publications

  • Growth and function of the normal human placenta.

    Neil M Gude;Claire T Roberts;Bill Kalionis;Bill Kalionis;Roger Graham King

  • The integrase family of site-specific recombinases: regional similarities and global diversity.

    P. Argos;A. Landy;K. Abremski;J.B. Egan

  • An Update on Inflamm-Aging: Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment

    Shijin Xia;Xinyan Zhang;Songbai Zheng;Ramin Khanabdali

  • Human Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cells (pMSCs) Play a Role as Immune Suppressive Cells by Shifting Macrophage Differentiation from Inflammatory M1 to Anti-inflammatory M2 Macrophages

    M. H. Abumaree;M. H. Abumaree;M. A. Al Jumah;M. A. Al Jumah;B. Kalionis;B. Kalionis;D. Jawdat;D. Jawdat

  • Immunosuppressive Properties of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Mohamed Abumaree;Mohammed Al Jumah;Rishika A. Pace;Bill Kalionis

  • Extracellular vesicles, exosomes and shedding vesicles in regenerative medicine – a new paradigm for tissue repair

    I. M. Bjørge;S. Y. Kim;J. F. Mano;B. Kalionis

  • The Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Cardiovascular Aging

    Junzhen Wu;Shijin Xia;Bill Kalionis;Wenbin Wan

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transition during extravillous trophoblast differentiation.

    Jessica E. Davies;Jürgen Pollheimer;Hannah Ee Juen Yong;Maria I Kokkinos

  • Characterization of the dead ringer gene identifies a novel, highly conserved family of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins.

    S L Gregory;R D Kortschak;B Kalionis;R Saint

  • Mesenchymal stem cells in human placental chorionic villi reside in a vascular Niche

    N. M. Castrechini;P. Murthi;P. Murthi;N. M. Gude;N. M. Gude;Jan Jaap H M Erwich

  • Aβ1–42 oligomer‐induced leakage in an in vitro blood–brain barrier model is associated with up‐regulation of RAGE and metalloproteinases, and down‐regulation of tight junction scaffold proteins

    Wenbin Wan;Lan Cao;Lumei Liu;Chunyan Zhang

  • Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Chorionic Villi of Human Term Placenta

    M. H. Abumaree;M. A. Al Jumah;B. Kalionis;B. Kalionis;D. Jawdat

  • GAPDH, 18S rRNA and YWHAZ are suitable endogenous reference genes for relative gene expression studies in placental tissues from human idiopathic fetal growth restriction.

    P. Murthi;E. Fitzpatrick;A.J. Borg;S. Donath

  • The ABC transporter BCRP/ABCG2 is a placental survival factor, and its expression is reduced in idiopathic human fetal growth restriction.

    Denis A. Evseenko;Padma Murthi;James W. Paxton;Glen Reid

  • Immunomodulatory properties of human placental mesenchymal stem/stromal cells.

    M.H. Abumaree;M.H. Abumaree;F.M. Abomaray;M.A. Alshabibi;A.S. AlAskar

  • Lune/eye gone, a Pax-like protein, uses a partial paired domain and a homeodomain for DNA recognition

    Susie Jun;Robert V. Wallen;Anne Goriely;Bill Kalionis

  • Dysfunctional Wnt/β-catenin signaling contributes to blood-brain barrier breakdown in Alzheimer's disease.

    Lumei Liu;Wenbin Wan;Shijin Xia;Bill Kalionis

  • A universal target sequence is bound in vitro by diverse homeodomains.

    Bill Kalionis;Patrick H. O'Farrell

  • The role of Wnt signaling in the development of Alzheimer's disease: a potential therapeutic target?

    Wenbin Wan;Shijin Xia;Bill Kalionis;Lumei Liu

  • ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HOMEOBOX GENES FROM THE HUMAN PLACENTA INCLUDING A NOVEL MEMBER OF THE DISTAL-LESS FAMILY, DLX4

    Leonie M Quinn;Brett V Johnson;Jillian Nicholl;Grant R Sutherland

Frequent Co-Authors

Wojciech Chrzanowski
Wojciech Chrzanowski University of Sydney
Susan Donath
Susan Donath University of Melbourne
Eric K. Moses
Eric K. Moses University of Western Australia
Stan Gronthos
Stan Gronthos University of Adelaide
Gopalan Rajaraman
Gopalan Rajaraman Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Anthony Jaworowski
Anthony Jaworowski RMIT University
Sharon R. Lewin
Sharon R. Lewin University of Melbourne
Jean-Jacques Feige
Jean-Jacques Feige Grenoble Alpes University
Richard Saffery
Richard Saffery University of Melbourne
Philip Demokritou
Philip Demokritou Harvard University

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