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Colin R. Dunstan

Colin R. Dunstan

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Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
53034
World Ranking
15839
National Ranking
525

Overview

Colin R. Dunstan is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work focuses notably on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology, with additional interests in Oral Surgery and Cancer Research.

Dunstan's research contributions cover key topics such as Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes. Other areas of focus include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, Tribology and Wear Analysis, Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques, and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals.

Frequent co-authors of Dunstan include:

  • Hala Zreiqat
  • Mohammad Mirkhalaf
  • Zufu Lu
  • Ali Entezari
  • Xinquan Jiang

Publications by Dunstan appear regularly in scientific journals such as Acta Biomaterialia, SSRN Electronic Journal, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Applied Materials Today, and Stem Cells Translational Medicine.

Notable recent papers include:

  • High-Strength Fiber-Reinforced Composite Hydrogel Scaffolds as Biosynthetic Tendon Graft Material, 2020, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • Redefining architectural effects in 3D printed scaffolds through rational design for optimal bone tissue regeneration, 2021, Applied Materials Today
  • Personalized Baghdadite scaffolds: stereolithography, mechanics and in vivo testing, 2021, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Reprogramming of human fibroblasts into osteoblasts by insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7, 2020, Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Highly substituted calcium silicates 3D printed with complex architectures to produce stiff, strong and bioactive scaffolds for bone regeneration, 2021, Applied Materials Today

Best Publications

  • Osteoprotegerin Ligand Is a Cytokine that Regulates Osteoclast Differentiation and Activation

    D.L Lacey;E Timms;H.-L Tan;M.J Kelley

  • Osteoprotegerin: A Novel Secreted Protein Involved in the Regulation of Bone Density

    W.S Simonet;D.L Lacey;C.R Dunstan;M Kelley

  • OPGL is a key regulator of osteoclastogenesis, lymphocyte development and lymph-node organogenesis

    Young-Yun Kong;Hiroki Yoshida;Ildiko Sarosi;Hong-Lin Tan

  • osteoprotegerin-deficient mice develop early onset osteoporosis and arterial calcification

    N. Bucay;I. Sarosi;C. R. Dunstan;S. Morony

  • Tumor necrosis factor receptor family member RANK mediates osteoclast differentiation and activation induced by osteoprotegerin ligand

    Hailing Hsu;David L. Lacey;Colin R. Dunstan;Irina Solovyev

  • Increased bone formation in osteocalcin-deficient mice

    Patricia Ducy;Christelle Desbois;Brendan Boyce;Gerald Pinero

  • The roles of osteoprotegerin and osteoprotegerin ligand in the paracrine regulation of bone resorption.

    L C Hofbauer;S Khosla;C R Dunstan;D L Lacey

  • TRAF6 deficiency results in osteopetrosis and defective interleukin-1, CD40, and LPS signaling

    Mark A. Lomaga;Wen Chen Yeh;Ildiko Sarosi;Gordon S. Duncan

  • RANK is the intrinsic hematopoietic cell surface receptor that controls osteoclastogenesis and regulation of bone mass and calcium metabolism

    Ji Li;Ildiko Sarosi;Xiao-Qiang Yan;Sean Morony

  • Stimulation of osteoprotegerin ligand and inhibition of osteoprotegerin production by glucocorticoids in human osteoblastic lineage cells: potential paracrine mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.

    L C Hofbauer;F Gori;B L Riggs;D L Lacey

  • A Single-Dose Placebo-Controlled Study of AMG 162, a Fully Human Monoclonal Antibody to RANKL, in Postmenopausal Women

    Pirow J Bekker;Donna L Holloway;Amy S Rasmussen;Robyn Murphy

  • The Ligand for Osteoprotegerin (OPGL) Directly Activates Mature Osteoclasts

    Teresa L. Burgess;Yi-xin Qian;Stephen Kaufman;Brian D. Ring

  • Estrogen stimulates gene expression and protein production of osteoprotegerin in human osteoblastic cells.

    Lorenz C. Hofbauer;Sundeep Khosla;Colin R. Dunstan;David L. Lacey

  • Interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α, but not interleukin-6, stimulate osteoprotegerin ligand gene expression in human osteoblastic cells

    L.C Hofbauer;D.L Lacey;C.R Dunstan;T.C Spelsberg

  • Osteoprotegerin Reverses Osteoporosis by Inhibiting Endosteal Osteoclasts and Prevents Vascular Calcification by Blocking a Process Resembling Osteoclastogenesis

    Hosung Min;Sean Morony;Ildiko Sarosi;Colin R. Dunstan

  • The effect of a single dose of osteoprotegerin in postmenopausal women.

    Pirow J. Bekker;Donna Holloway;Arline Nakanishi;Michael Arrighi

  • Calcification in atherosclerosis: Bone biology and chronic inflammation at the arterial crossroads

    Terence M. Doherty;Kamlesh Asotra;Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick;Jian-Hua Qiao

  • A Phase I study of AMGN-0007, a recombinant osteoprotegerin construct, in patients with multiple myeloma or breast carcinoma related bone metastases

    Jean-Jacques Body M.D.;Philip Greipp;Robert E. Coleman;Thierry Facon

  • Single and combined inhibition of tumor necrosis factor, interleukin‐1, and RANKL pathways in tumor necrosis factor–induced arthritis: Effects on synovial inflammation, bone erosion, and cartilage destruction

    Jochen Zwerina;Silvia Hayer;Makiyeh Tohidast-Akrad;Helga Bergmeister

  • Osteoprotegerin inhibits the development of osteolytic bone disease in multiple myeloma

    Peter I. Croucher;Claire M. Shipman;Jennifer Lippitt;Mark Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus J. Seibel
Markus J. Seibel University of Sydney
Hala Zreiqat
Hala Zreiqat University of Sydney
Gregory R. Mundy
Gregory R. Mundy Vanderbilt University
Frank Buttgereit
Frank Buttgereit Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Natalie A. Sims
Natalie A. Sims St Vincents Institute of Medical Research
Sundeep Khosla
Sundeep Khosla Mayo Clinic
Brendan F. Boyce
Brendan F. Boyce University of Rochester Medical Center
Toshiyuki Yoneda
Toshiyuki Yoneda Osaka University
Qing Li
Qing Li University of Sydney

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