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Overview

Donald F. Newgreen is affiliated with the Royal Children's Hospital in Australia and has contributed significantly to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer cells and metastasis, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies, neonatal respiratory health research, and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Their publication record includes articles in noted venues such as Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Development, Cells Tissues Organs, Cells, and Biomolecules. These venues reflect a focus on molecular biology, developmental biology, and clinical research related to pediatric and cellular studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Donald F. Newgreen include:

  • Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition, 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Author Correction: Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition, 2021, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • RET overactivation leads to concurrent Hirschsprung disease and intestinal ganglioneuromas, 2020, Development
  • Development of Functional Thyroid C Cell-like Cells from Human Pluripotent Cells in 2D and in 3D Scaffolds, 2021, Cells
  • Twenty Years on for The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition International Association (TEMTIA): An Interview with Co-Founders Erik Thompson and Donald Newgreen, 2021, Cells Tissues Organs

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Donald F. Newgreen include:

  • Erik W. Thompson
  • Guojun Sheng
  • Jing Yang
  • Parker B. Antin
  • Geert Berx

The research interests and publication topics reflect an interdisciplinary approach, combining aspects of surgery, molecular biology, genetics, oncology, and pathology and forensic medicine. These align with the study of developmental abnormalities and cellular mechanisms, particularly in pediatric contexts.

Donald F. Newgreen's work spans a range of detailed biological topics such as tissue regeneration, epigenetic regulation, and congenital disorders that affect the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems. This multidisciplinary scope provides insights into developmental processes and disease mechanisms at the cellular and molecular levels.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition

    Jing Yang;Parker Antin;Geert Berx;Cédric Blanpain

  • Carcinoma Invasion and Metastasis: A Role for Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition?

    Erik W Thompson;Donald F Newgreen;David Tarin

  • The fallacy of epithelial mesenchymal transition in neoplasia.

    David Tarin;Erik W Thompson;Donald F Newgreen

  • Vimentin and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human breast cancer--observations in vitro and in vivo

    Maria I. Kokkinos;Razan Wafai;Meng Kang Wong;Donald F. Newgreen

  • Fibronectin in early avian embryos: Synthesis and distribution along the migration pathways of neural crest cells

    Donald Newgreen;Jean-Paul Thiery

  • GDNF is a chemoattractant for enteric neural cells

    H. M. Young;C. J. Hearn;P. G. Farlie;A. J. Canty

  • Epithelium-Mesenchyme Transition during Neural Crest Development

    J L Duband;F Monier;M Delannet;D Newgreen

  • Dynamics of neural crest-derived cell migration in the embryonic mouse gut.

    H.M. Young;A.J. Bergner;R.B. Anderson;H. Enomoto

  • A Single Rostrocaudal Colonization of the Rodent Intestine by Enteric Neuron Precursors Is Revealed by the Expression of Phox2b, Ret, and p75 and by Explants Grown under the Kidney Capsule or in Organ Culture

    H.M. Young;C.J. Hearn;D. Ciampoli;B.R. Southwell

  • GDNF and ET-3 differentially modulate the numbers of avian enteric neural crest cells and enteric neurons in vitro.

    Catherine J. Hearn;Mark Murphy;Don Newgreen

  • Enteric nervous system: development and developmental disturbances--part 1.

    Donald Newgreen;Heather M. Young

  • Ryk-deficient mice exhibit craniofacial defects associated with perturbed Eph receptor crosstalk

    Michael M. Halford;Michael M. Halford;Michael M. Halford;Jane Armes;Michael Buchert;Virginia Meskenaite

  • Origin of interstitial cells of Cajal in the mouse intestine.

    H.M. Young;D. Ciampoli;B.R. Southwell;D.F. Newgreen

  • Cell proliferation drives neural crest cell invasion of the intestine.

    Matthew J. Simpson;Dong C. Zhang;Michael Mariani;Kerry A. Landman

  • Carcinoma invasion and metastasis : A role for epithelial- mesenchymal transition?. Author's reply

    Erik W. Thompson;Donald F. Newgreen;David Tarin

  • Cadherins in the human placenta - Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and placental development

    Maria I Kokkinos;P. Murthi;R. Wafai;E. W. Thompson

  • Ultrastructural and tissue-culture studies on the role of fibronectin, collagen and glycosaminoglycans in the migration of neural crest cells in the fowl embryo

    D. F. Newgreen;I. L. Gibbins;J. Sauter;B. Wallenfels

  • Enteric nervous system: development and developmental disturbances--part 2.

    Donald Newgreen;Heather M. Young

  • Sox10 Overexpression Induces Neural Crest-Like Cells From All Dorsoventral Levels of the Neural Tube but Inhibits Differentiation

    Sonja J. McKeown;Vivian M. Lee;Marianne Bronner-Fraser;Donald F. Newgreen

  • The Migration of Neural Crest Cells

    D.F. Newgreen;C.A. Erickson

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik W. Thompson
Erik W. Thompson Queensland University of Technology
John M. Hutson
John M. Hutson Royal Children's Hospital
Hideki Enomoto
Hideki Enomoto Kobe University
Matthew J. Simpson
Matthew J. Simpson Queensland University of Technology
Steven A. Stacker
Steven A. Stacker Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
John B. Furness
John B. Furness Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Robert G. Ramsay
Robert G. Ramsay Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Paul J. Lockhart
Paul J. Lockhart Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas University of Adelaide
Qizhi Chen
Qizhi Chen Monash University

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