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Overview

Leonie K. Ashman is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific attention to Cell Biology and Immunology and Allergy. The scope of their work includes topics such as Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Caveolin-1 and cellular processes, and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research.

Leonie K. Ashman has contributed to several publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • Tetraspanin CD9 is Regulated by miR-518f-5p and Functions in Breast Cell Migration and In Vivo Tumor Growth, published in 2020 in Cancers
  • Table of Contents, published in 2020 in The Journal of the American Dental Association

Their frequent publication venues reflect the diversity within their research fields and include:

  • Cancers
  • The Journal of the American Dental Association

Leonie K. Ashman's collaborations extend to several co-authors who have worked alongside them on various studies. These co-authors include:

  • Danielle R. Bond
  • Richard G. S. Kahl
  • Joshua S. Brzozowski
  • Helen Jankowski
  • Crystal Naudin

Best Publications

  • The biology of stem cell factor and its receptor C-kit.

    Leonie K Ashman

  • Juxtamembrane mutant V560GKit is more sensitive to Imatinib (STI571) compared with wild-type c-kit whereas the kinase domain mutant D816VKit is resistant.

    Michelle J. Frost;Petranel T. Ferrao;Timothy P. Hughes;Leonie K. Ashman

  • Regulation of Endothelial Cell Motility by Complexes of Tetraspan Molecules CD81/TAPA-1 and CD151/PETA-3 with α3β1 Integrin Localized at Endothelial Lateral Junctions

    María Yáñez-Mó;Arántzazu Alfranca;Carlos Cabañas;Mónica Marazuela

  • Mast cell typing: demonstration of a distinct hematopoietic cell type and evidence for immunophenotypic relationship to mononuclear phagocytes.

    P Valent;LK Ashman;W Hinterberger;F Eckersberger

  • Recombinant human stem cell factor stimulates differentiation of mast cells from dispersed human fetal liver cells

    Anne-Marie A. Irani;Gunnar Nilsson;Ulla Miettinen;Shirley S. Craig

  • A comparative study of the phenotype and proliferative capacity of peripheral blood (PB) CD34+ cells mobilized by four different protocols and those of steady-phase PB and bone marrow CD34+ cells

    LB To;DN Haylock;T Dowse;PJ Simmons

  • Expression of the YB5.B8 antigen (c-kit proto-oncogene product) in normal human bone marrow

    LK Ashman;AC Cambareri;LB To;RJ Levinsky

  • Localization of the Transmembrane 4 Superfamily (TM4SF) Member PETA-3 (CD151) in Normal Human Tissues: Comparison with CD9, CD63, and α5β1 Integrin:

    Paul M. Sincock;Graham Mayrhofer;Leonie K. Ashman

  • PETA-3/CD151, a member of the transmembrane 4 superfamily, is localised to the plasma membrane and endocytic system of endothelial cells, associates with multiple integrins and modulates cell function

    P.M. Sincock;S. Fitter;R.G. Parton;M.C. Berndt

  • Biotinylation: an alternative to radioiodination for the identification of cell surface antigens in immunoprecipitates.

    S.R. Cole;L.K. Ashman;P.L. Ey

  • Monoclonal antibody YB5.B8 identifies the human c-kit protein product

    Norma B. Lerner;Karl H. Nocka;Stephen R. Cole;Feihua Qiu

  • Characterization of mice lacking the tetraspanin superfamily member CD151.

    Mark D Wright;Sean Geary;Stephen Fitter;Gregory William Moseley

  • α3β1 integrin–CD151, a component of the cadherin–catenin complex, regulates PTPμ expression and cell–cell adhesion

    Nibedita Chattopadhyay;Zemin Wang;Zemin Wang;Leonie K. Ashman;Susann M. Brady-Kalnay

  • Expression of a functional c-kit receptor on a subset of natural killer cells.

    M E Matos;G S Schnier;M S Beecher;L K Ashman

  • A Critical Role for Tetraspanin CD151 in α3β1 and α6β4 Integrin–dependent Tumor Cell Functions on Laminin-5

    Nicole E. Winterwood;Afshin Varzavand;Marit N. Meland;Leonie K. Ashman

  • Therapeutic targeting of c-KIT in cancer

    Leonie K Ashman;Renate Griffith

  • Multiple levels of interactions within the tetraspanin web.

    Stéphanie Charrin;Serge Manié;Martine Billard;Leonie Ashman

  • Colocalization of the tetraspanins, CO-029 and CD151, with integrins in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma: impact on cell motility

    Sabine Gesierich;Claudia Paret;Dagmar Hildebrand;Jürgen Weitz

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase contributes to the transformation of hematopoietic cells by the D816V c-Kit mutant.

    RuJu Chian;Sonia Young;Alla Danilkovitch-Miagkova;Lars Rönnstrand

  • Transmembrane 4 superfamily protein CD151 (PETA-3) associates with beta 1 and alpha IIb beta 3 integrins in haemopoietic cell lines and modulates cell-cell adhesion.

    Stephen Fitter;Paul M. Sincock;Corina N. Jolliffe;Leonie K. Ashman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Wright
Mark D. Wright Monash University
Thomas J. Gonda
Thomas J. Gonda University of South Australia
Rodney J. Scott
Rodney J. Scott University of Newcastle Australia
Lawrence B. Schwartz
Lawrence B. Schwartz Virginia Commonwealth University
Gunnar Nilsson
Gunnar Nilsson Karolinska Institute
Murray J. Cairns
Murray J. Cairns University of Newcastle Australia
Paul J. Simmons
Paul J. Simmons The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Claude Boucheix
Claude Boucheix University of Paris-Saclay
Peter Valent
Peter Valent Medical University of Vienna
Andrew C.W. Zannettino
Andrew C.W. Zannettino University of Adelaide

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