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David J. Nikolic-Paterson

David J. Nikolic-Paterson

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Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
26394
World Ranking
13237
National Ranking
433

Overview

David J. Nikolic-Paterson is affiliated with Monash Medical Centre in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly work spans molecular biology, nephrology, immunology, hematology, and genetics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to the study of kidney-related diseases and immune mechanisms.

Their research primarily addresses chronic kidney disease and diabetes, renal and related cancers, and renal diseases including glomerulopathies. They have also investigated renal cell carcinoma treatment, blood coagulation and thrombosis mechanisms, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, as well as genetic and kidney cyst diseases.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David J. Nikolic-Paterson include Greg H. Tesch, Elyce Ozols, Y. Frank, Alexander N. Combes, and Carol Farver.

Their scholarly output features publications in prominent journals and series, such as:

  • American Journal Of Pathology
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • The Anatomical Record

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David J. Nikolic-Paterson include:

  • Neural transcription factor Pou4f1 promotes renal fibrosis via macrophage-myofibroblast transition, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Smad3 is essential for polarization of tumor-associated neutrophils in non-small cell lung carcinoma, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Smad4 promotes diabetic nephropathy by modulating glycolysis and OXPHOS, 2020, EMBO Reports
  • Role of the adaptive immune system in diabetic kidney disease, 2021, Journal of Diabetes Investigation
  • IgA Nephropathy Benefits from Compound K Treatment by Inhibiting NF-κB/NLRP3 Inflammasome and Enhancing Autophagy and SIRT1, 2020, The Journal of Immunology

Best Publications

  • TGF-β: the master regulator of fibrosis

    Xiao Ming Meng;David J. Nikolic-Paterson;Hui Yao Lan

  • Transforming growth factor-β regulates tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation in vitro

    Jun-Ming Fan;Yee-Yung Ng;Prudence A. Hill;David J. Nikolic-Paterson

  • Macrophages: versatile players in renal inflammation and fibrosis

    Patrick Ming Kuen Tang;David J. Nikolic-Paterson;Hui Yao Lan

  • Macrophages in mouse type 2 diabetic nephropathy: Correlation with diabetic state and progressive renal injury

    Fiona Y Chow;Elyce Ozols;David J Nikolic-Paterson;Robert C Atkins

  • Inflammatory processes in renal fibrosis.

    Xiao-Ming Meng;David J Nikolic-Paterson;Hui Yao Lan

  • Tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation in progressive tubulointerstitial fibrosis in 5/6 nephrectomized rats

    Yee-Yung Ng;Tung-Po Huang;Tung-Po Huang;Wu-Chang Yang;Wu-Chang Yang;Zheng-Ping Chen;Zheng-Ping Chen

  • Advanced glycation end products cause epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation via the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE)

    Matthew D Oldfield;Leon A Bach;Josephine M Forbes;David J Nikolic-Paterson

  • Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 promotes the development of diabetic renal injury in streptozotocin-treated mice

    F.Y. Chow;D.J. Nikolic-Paterson;E. Ozols;R.C. Atkins

  • A novel, simple, reliable, and sensitive method for multiple immunoenzyme staining: Use of microwave oven heating to block antibody crossreactivity and retrieve antigens

    H. Y. Lan;Wei Mu;D. J. Nikolic-Paterson;R. C. Atkins

  • Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Deficiency Is Protective against Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetic db/db Mice

    Fiona Y Chow;David J Nikolic-Paterson;Elyce Ozols;Robert C Atkins

  • The Pathogenic Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Immunologically Induced Kidney Disease in the Rat

    Hui Y. Lan;Michael Bacher;Niansheng Yang;Wei Mu

  • Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-induced tissue inflammation is critical for the development of renal injury but not type 2 diabetes in obese db / db mice

    Fiona Yf Chow;David J Nikolic-Paterson;Frank Ma;Elyce Ozols

  • Macrophage-to-Myofibroblast Transition Contributes to Interstitial Fibrosis in Chronic Renal Allograft Injury.

    Ying Ying Wang;Ying Ying Wang;Hong Jiang;Jun Pan;Jun Pan;Xiao Ru Huang

  • Tubular phenotypic change in progressive tubulointerstitial fibrosis in human glomerulonephritis

    Kiichiro Jinde;David J. Nikolic-Paterson;Xiao R. Huang;Hideto Sakai

  • Inflammatory macrophages can transdifferentiate into myofibroblasts during renal fibrosis.

    Xiao-Ming Meng;Shuang Wang;Xiao Ru Huang;Chen Yang

  • Macrophages in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy: potential role in renal fibrosis

    Fiona Y. Chow;David J. Nikolic-Paterson;Robert C. Atkins;Gregory H. Tesch

  • Expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in human glomerulonephritis

    Hui Yao Lan;Niansheng Yang;David J. Nikolic-Paterson;Xue Q. Yu

  • Macrophages promote renal fibrosis through direct and indirect mechanisms

    David J. Nikolic-Paterson;Shuang Wang;Hui Yao Lan

  • Interleukin-1 induces tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation through a transforming growth factor-β1-dependent mechanism in vitro

    Jun Ming Fan;Xiao Ru Huang;Yee Yung Ng;David J. Nikolic-Paterson

  • The Role of p38α Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation in Renal Fibrosis

    Cosimo Stambe;Robert C Atkins;Greg H Tesch;Takao Masaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Atkins
Robert C. Atkins Monash Medical Centre
Hui Y. Lan
Hui Y. Lan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Richard Bucala
Richard Bucala Yale University
Christine N. Metz
Christine N. Metz Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
A. Richard Kitching
A. Richard Kitching Monash Medical Centre
Glenda C. Gobe
Glenda C. Gobe University of Queensland
David P. Fairlie
David P. Fairlie University of Queensland
Stephen R. Holdsworth
Stephen R. Holdsworth Monash University
Steven J. Chadban
Steven J. Chadban University of Sydney
Hui-Yao Lan
Hui-Yao Lan Chinese University of Hong Kong

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