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Peter J. Cowan is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to surgery, genetics, immunology, molecular biology, and transplantation. The scientist has addressed multiple complex areas within these fields, contributing notably to xenotransplantation and the immune response, pancreatic function and diabetes, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, animal genetics and reproduction, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, complement system in diseases, and pluripotent stem cells research.

Recent publications by Peter J. Cowan include:

  • "Xenotransplantation of Genetically Modified Neonatal Pig Islets Cures Diabetes in Baboons," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Xeno-organ donor pigs with multiple genetic modifications - the more the better?", 2020, Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
  • "Dynamics of necroptosis in kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury," 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Are Preserved in Female Mice Exposed to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Independent of Estrogen," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Consensus statement on heart xenotransplantation in children: Toward clinical translation," 2022, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues including Wayne J. Hawthorne, Evelyn Salvaris, Mark B. Nottle, Anjan K. Bongoni, and Eckhard Wolf.

Peter J. Cowan has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Transplantation (14 publications)
  • Xenotransplantation (9 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (2 publications)
  • Immunobiology (2 publications)
  • American Journal of Transplantation (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Modification of kidney barrier function by the urokinase receptor

    Changli Wei;Clemens C. Möller;Mehmet M. Altintas;Jing Li

  • Gut Microbiota Elicits a Protective Immune Response against Malaria Transmission

    Bahtiyar Yilmaz;Silvia Portugal;Tuan M. Tran;Raffaella Gozzelino

  • Renal xenografts from triple-transgenic pigs are not hyperacutely rejected but cause coagulopathy in non-immunosuppressed baboons.

    P. J. Cowan;A. Aminian;H. Barlow;A. A. Brown

  • Regulated necrosis in kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury.

    Aspasia Pefanis;Francesco L. Ierino;James M. Murphy;Peter J. Cowan;Peter J. Cowan

  • Thromboregulatory manifestations in human CD39 transgenic mice and the implications for thrombotic disease and transplantation

    Karen M Dwyer;Simon Christopher Robson;Harshal Hanumant Nandurkar;Duncan J Campbell

  • Human factor H-related protein 5 has cofactor activity, inhibits C3 convertase activity, binds heparin and C-reactive protein, and associates with lipoprotein.

    Jennifer L McRae;Thomas G Duthy;Kim Marie Griggs;Rebecca Jane Ormsby

  • First update of the International Xenotransplantation Association consensus statement on conditions for undertaking clinical trials of porcine islet products in type 1 diabetes-Executive summary

    Bernhard J. Hering;Emanuele Cozzi;Thomas Spizzo;Peter J. Cowan

  • Impact of CD39 and purinergic signalling on the growth and metastasis of colorectal cancer

    Beat M. Künzli;Beat M. Künzli;Maria-Isabell Bernlochner;Stephan Rath;Samuel Käser

  • First quantification of alpha-Gal epitope in current glutaraldehyde-fixed heart valve bioprostheses

    Filippo Naso;Alessandro Gandaglia;Tomaso Bottio;Vincenzo Tarzia

  • Overexpression of glutathione peroxidase with two isoforms of superoxide dismutase protects mouse islets from oxidative injury and improves islet graft function.

    Tharun B Mysore;Trixie A Shinkel;James Collins;Evelyn J Salvaris

  • Pig Thrombomodulin Binds Human Thrombin but Is a Poor Cofactor for Activation of Human Protein C and TAFI

    Jean Christian Roussel;C J Moran;Evelyn J Salvaris;Harshal Hanumant Nandurkar

  • Human Factor H-related Protein 5 (FHR-5) A NEW COMPLEMENT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN

    Jennifer L. McRae;Peter J. Cowan;David A. Power;Ken I. Mitchelhill

  • Transgenic swine: expression of human CD39 protects against myocardial injury

    Debra G. Wheeler;Matthew E. Joseph;Shouvik D. Mahamud;William L. Aurand

  • The human ICAM-2 promoter is endothelial cell-specific in vitro and in vivo and contains critical Sp1 and GATA binding sites.

    Peter J. Cowan;Denise Tsang;Christopher M. Pedic;Lucy R. Abbott

  • Production of homozygous α‐1,3‐galactosyltransferase knockout pigs by breeding and somatic cell nuclear transfer

    Mark B. Nottle;Luke F. S. Beebe;Sharon J. Harrison;Stephen M. McIlfatrick

  • Transgenic Overexpression of CD39 Protects Against Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion and Transplant Vascular Injury

    Sandra Crikis;Bo Lu;L M Murray-Segal;Carly Selan

  • Controlling coagulation dysregulation in xenotransplantation.

    Peter J. Cowan;Simon C. Robson;Anthony J.F. d’Apice

  • Prevention of hyperacute rejection in a model of orthotopic liver xenotransplantation from pig to baboon using polytransgenic pig livers (CD55, CD59, and H-transferase).

    P. Ramírez;M.J. Montoya;A. Ríos;C. García Palenciano

  • Amblyomma sculptum tick saliva: α-Gal identification, antibody response and possible association with red meat allergy in Brazil

    Ricardo Nascimento Araujo;Paula Ferreira Franco;Henrique Rodrigues;Luiza C.B. Santos

  • Control of IBMIR in Neonatal Porcine Islet Xenotransplantation in Baboons

    W J Hawthorne;E J Salvaris;P Phillips;J Hawkes

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon C. Robson
Simon C. Robson Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Andrew M. Lew
Andrew M. Lew Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Martin J. Pearse
Martin J. Pearse CSL (Australia)
David K. C. Cooper
David K. C. Cooper University of Pittsburgh
Bernhard J. Hering
Bernhard J. Hering University of Minnesota
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Cesare Galli
Cesare Galli University of Bologna
Michael Mengel
Michael Mengel University of Alberta
Jean-Paul Soulillou
Jean-Paul Soulillou University of Nantes
David H. Sachs
David H. Sachs Columbia University

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