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Robert P. Millar is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research spans fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Reproductive Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Genetics as subfields. Millar's work addresses core aspects within these disciplines through a blend of research topics.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Ovarian function and disorders
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Millar has contributed to a range of scientific journals, frequently publishing in venues such as:

  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Cell and Tissue Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Power Sources

They have co-authored multiple papers alongside colleagues including Claire Newton, Ross C. Anderson, Limei Zhang, Vito S. Hernández, and Mario A. Zetter.

Recent publications by Robert P. Millar include:

  • Sex Disparities in COVID-19 Severity and Outcome: Are Men Weaker or Women Stronger? (2020), published in Neuroendocrinology
  • Lithium-ion battery lifetime extension: A review of derating methods (2023), published in Journal of Power Sources
  • Fasting affects amino acid nitrogen isotope values: a new tool for identifying nitrogen balance of free-ranging mammals (2020), published in Oecologia
  • Kisspeptin and neurokinin B interactions in modulating gonadotropin secretion in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2020), published in Human Reproduction
  • 3D Electrospinning of Al2O3/ZrO2 fibrous aerogels for multipurpose thermal insulation (2023), published in Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials

Best Publications

  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors

    Robert P. Millar;Robert P. Millar;Zhi Liang Lu;Adam J. Pawson;Colleen A. Flanagan

  • Kisspeptins and Reproduction: Physiological Roles and Regulatory Mechanisms

    Leonor Pinilla;Enrique Aguilar;Carlos Dieguez;Robert P. Millar

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Ligand Interaction with the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor

    Stuart C. Sealfon;Harel Weinstein;Robert P. Millar

  • Inactivating KISS1 Mutation and Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

    A. Kemal Topaloglu;Javier A. Tello;L. Damla Kotan;Mehmet N. Ozbek

  • Hypothalamic dysfunction in overtrained athletes.

    Jeffrey L. Barron;Timothy D. Noakes;Wendy Levy;Colleen Smith

  • GnRHs and GnRH receptors

    Robert P. Millar

  • Cloning and functional expression of a mouse gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor

    Manami Tsutsumi;Wei Zhou;Robert P. Millar;Pamela L. Mellon

  • Discovery of potent kisspeptin antagonists delineate physiological mechanisms of gonadotropin regulation

    Antonia K Roseweir;Alexander S Kauffman;Jeremy Troy Smith;Kathryn A Guerriero

  • Potent action of RFamide-related peptide-3 on pituitary gonadotropes indicative of a hypophysiotropic role in the negative regulation of gonadotropin secretion

    Iain James Clarke;Ika Puspita Sari;Yue Qi;Jeremy Troy Smith

  • GnRH II and type II GnRH receptors

    Robert P. Millar

  • A reciprocal mutation supports helix 2 and helix 7 proximity in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor.

    Wei Zhou;C. Flanagan;J. A. Ballesteros;K. Konvicka

  • Functional Microdomains in G-protein-coupled Receptors THE CONSERVED ARGININE-CAGE MOTIF IN THE GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR

    Juan Ballesteros;Smiljka Kitanovic;Frank Guarnieri;Peter Davies

  • Isolated Familial Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism and a GNRH1 Mutation

    Jérôme Bouligand;Cristina Ghervan;Javier A. Tello;Sylvie Brailly-Tabard

  • Kisspeptin is essential for the full preovulatory LH surge and stimulates GnRH release from the isolated ovine median eminence

    Jeremy T Smith;Qun Li;Kai Sing Yap;Muhammad Shahab

  • Identification of Human GnIH Homologs, RFRP-1 and RFRP-3, and the Cognate Receptor, GPR147 in the Human Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis

    Takayoshi Ubuka;Kevin Morgan;Adam J. Pawson;Tomohiro Osugi

  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-binding sites in human breast cancer cell lines and inhibitory effects of GnRH antagonists.

    K. A. Eidne;C. A. Flanagan;N. S. Harris;R. P. Millar

  • Cloning and characterization of the human GnRH receptor.

    L. Chi;W. Zhou;A. Prikhozhan;C. Flanagan

  • Critical roles of kisspeptins in female puberty and preovulatory gonadotropin surges as revealed by a novel antagonist.

    R. Pineda;D. Garcia-Galiano;A. Roseweir;M. Romero

  • Cyclooxygenase-1 is up-regulated in cervical carcinomas: autocrine/paracrine regulation of cyclooxygenase-2, prostaglandin e receptors, and angiogenic factors by cyclooxygenase-1.

    Kurt J. Sales;Arieh A. Katz;Bruce Howard;Roggert P. Soeters

  • Kisspeptin is present in ovine hypophysial portal blood but does not increase during the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge: evidence that gonadotropes are not direct targets of kisspeptin in vivo.

    Jeremy Troy Smith;Alexandra Rao;Alda Pereira;Alain Caraty

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Morgan
Kevin Morgan University of Nottingham
Richard A. Anderson
Richard A. Anderson University of Edinburgh
Stuart C. Sealfon
Stuart C. Sealfon Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jacques Young
Jacques Young University of Paris-Saclay
Iain J. Clarke
Iain J. Clarke University of Melbourne
Emilie F. Rissman
Emilie F. Rissman University of Virginia
Andre Ganswindt
Andre Ganswindt University of Pretoria
Naomi S. Levitt
Naomi S. Levitt University of Cape Town
Zvi Naor
Zvi Naor Tel Aviv University

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