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David M. Findlay is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with notable contributions across infectious diseases, rheumatology, molecular biology, orthopedics and sports medicine, and surgery.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, bone and joint diseases, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. Other key research areas include bone metabolism and diseases, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, and nuclear physics and applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David M. Findlay include:

  • Dzenita Muratovic
  • Gerald J. Atkins
  • Lucian B. Solomon
  • J.S. Kuliwaba
  • Stephen Fitzgerald

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Bone Reports
  • Expert Systems with Applications
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • On oversampling imbalanced data with deep conditional generative models, 2020, Expert Systems with Applications
  • Site Specific Relationships between COVID-19 Cases and SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Safety and efficacy of losartan for the reduction of brain atrophy in clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease (the RADAR trial): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Is RANKL a potential molecular target in osteoarthritis?, 2023, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Elevated levels of active Transforming Growth Factor β1 in the subchondral bone relate spatially to cartilage loss and impaired bone quality in human knee osteoarthritis, 2022, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Best Publications

  • Donepezil and memantine for moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease.

    Robert Howard;Rupert McShane;James Lindesay;Craig Ritchie

  • Sclerostin stimulates osteocyte support of osteoclast activity by a RANKL-dependent pathway

    Asiri R. Wijenayaka;Masakazu Kogawa;Hui Peng Lim;Lynda F. Bonewald

  • Interleukin (IL)-6 induction of osteoclast differentiation depends on IL-6 receptors expressed on osteoblastic cells but not on osteoclast progenitors.

    N Udagawa;N Takahashi;T Katagiri;T Tamura

  • The Nitrogen‐Containing Bisphosphonate, Zoledronic Acid, Influences RANKL Expression in Human Osteoblast‐Like Cells by Activating TNF‐α Converting Enzyme (TACE)

    Beiqing Pan;Amanda N. Farrugia;Luen Bik To;David M. Findlay

  • Subchondral bone osteoclasts induce sensory innervation and osteoarthritis pain

    Shouan Zhu;Jianxi Zhu;Jianxi Zhu;Gehua Zhen;Yihe Hu

  • Vascular pathology and osteoarthritis

    D. M. Findlay

  • Biocompatible polymer coating of titania nanotube arrays for improved drug elution and osteoblast adhesion.

    Karan Gulati;Saminathan Ramakrishnan;Moom Sinn Aw;Gerald J. Atkins

  • Metabolism of vitamin D3 in human osteoblasts : Evidence for autocrine and paracrine activities of 1α,25 -dihydroxyvitamin D3

    Gerald J. Atkins;Paul H. Anderson;David M. Findlay;Katie J. Welldon

  • Osteoprotegerin and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappaB ligand (RANKL) regulate osteoclast formation by cells in the human rheumatoid arthritic joint

    D. R. Haynes;T. N. Crotti;M. Loric;G. I. Bain

  • RANKL expression is related to the differentiation state of human osteoblasts.

    Gerald J. Atkins;Panagiota Kostakis;Beiqing Pan;Amanda Farrugia

  • Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand Expression by Human Myeloma Cells Mediates Osteoclast Formation in Vitro and Correlates with Bone Destruction in Vivo

    Amanda N. Farrugia;Gerald J. Atkins;L. Bik To;Beiqing Pan

  • The proliferation and phenotypic expression of human osteoblasts on tantalum metal.

    David M Findlay;Katie Welldon;Gerald J Atkins;Donald W Howie;Donald W Howie

  • Sclerostin is a locally acting regulator of late-osteoblast/preosteocyte differentiation and regulates mineralization through a MEPE-ASARM-dependent mechanism.

    Gerald J Atkins;Peter S Rowe;Hui P Lim;Katie J Welldon

  • Receptor activator NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL) expression in synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, osteoarthritis, and from normal patients: semiquantitative and quantitative analysis.

    T N Crotti;M D Smith;H Weedon;M J Ahern

  • Zoledronic acid protects against osteosarcoma-induced bone destruction but lacks efficacy against pulmonary metastases in a syngeneic rat model.

    Agatha Labrinidis;Shelley Hay;Vasilios Liapis;David M. Findlay

  • Strontium ranelate treatment of human primary osteoblasts promotes an osteocyte-like phenotype while eliciting an osteoprotegerin response

    G. J. Atkins;K. J. Welldon;P. Halbout;D. M. Findlay

  • The osteoclastogenic molecules RANKL and RANK are associated with periprosthetic osteolysis

    D. R. Haynes;T. N. Crotti;A. E. Potter;M. Loric

  • Expression of osteoclast differentiation signals by stromal elements of giant cell tumors.

    Gerald J. Atkins;David R. Haynes;Stephen E. Graves;Stephen E. Graves;Andreas Evdokiou

  • Microarray gene expression profiling of osteoarthritic bone suggests altered bone remodelling, WNT and transforming growth factor-β/bone morphogenic protein signalling

    Blair Hopwood;Anna Tsykin;David M Findlay;Nicola L Fazzalari

  • Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is localized to the Weibel-Palade bodies of human vascular endothelial cells and is physically associated with von Willebrand factor.

    A.C.W. Zannettino;C.A. Holding;P. Diamond;G.J. Atkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew C.W. Zannettino
Andrew C.W. Zannettino University of Adelaide
Dusan Losic
Dusan Losic University of Adelaide
Howard A. Morris
Howard A. Morris University of South Australia
Patrick M. Sexton
Patrick M. Sexton Monash University
T. John Martin
T. John Martin St Vincents Institute of Medical Research
Anita E. Wluka
Anita E. Wluka Monash University
Donald J. Chisholm
Donald J. Chisholm Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Flavia M. Cicuttini
Flavia M. Cicuttini Monash University
Lynda F. Bonewald
Lynda F. Bonewald Indiana University
Stan Gronthos
Stan Gronthos University of Adelaide

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