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Robin A. J. Smith

Robin A. J. Smith

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
21284
World Ranking
7284
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Robin A. J. Smith is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and works primarily within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Epidemiology, Immunology, and Genetics. Their research contributions extend to subfields such as Small Animals and Surgery.

Their main research topics include Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Virus-based gene therapy research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Genital Health and Disease, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Smith has published multiple papers, including:

  • "Durability of single-dose HPV vaccination in young Kenyan women: randomized controlled trial 3-year results" (2023), Nature Medicine
  • "Novel decoy cellular vaccine strategy utilizing transgenic antigen-expressing cells as immune presenter and adjuvant in vaccine prototype against SARS-CoV-2 virus" (2020), Medicine in Drug Discovery
  • "Confirmation of the Cardioprotective Effect of MitoGamide in the Diabetic Heart" (2020), Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy
  • "Three Studies Evaluating the Potential For Lidocaine, Bupivacaine or Procaine to Reduce Pain-Related Behaviors Following Ring Castration and/or Tail Docking in Lambs" (2021), Preprints.org
  • "Term immune memory responses to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination following 2 versus 3 doses of HPV vaccine" (2025), Vaccine

Frequent coauthors in their work include Denise A. Galloway, Erin M. Scherer, David Skibinski, Sandhya Sankaranarayanan, and Alain Luxembourg.

Smith's research has been published regularly in venues such as Vaccine, Nature Medicine, Medicine in Drug Discovery, Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, and Preprints.org.

Robin A. J. Smith was awarded the title Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Targeting Antioxidants to Mitochondria by Conjugation to Lipophilic Cations

    Michael P. Murphy;Robin A.J. Smith

  • Selective Targeting of a Redox-active Ubiquinone to Mitochondria within Cells: ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIAPOPTOTIC PROPERTIES *

    Geoffrey F. Kelso;Carolyn M. Porteous;Carolyn V. Coulter;Gillian Hughes

  • Delivery of bioactive molecules to mitochondria in vivo

    Robin A. J. Smith;Carolyn M. Porteous;Alison M. Gane;Michael P. Murphy

  • Targeting an antioxidant to mitochondria decreases cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Victoria J. Adlam;Joanne C. Harrison;Carolyn M. Porteous;Andrew M. James

  • Animal and human studies with the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ.

    Robin A.J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Cardioprotection by S-nitrosation of a cysteine switch on mitochondrial complex I

    Edward T Chouchani;Carmen Methner;Sergiy M Nadtochiy;Angela Logan

  • A double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study to assess the mitochondria‐targeted antioxidant MitoQ as a disease‐modifying therapy in Parkinson's disease

    Barry J. Snow;Fiona L. Rolfe;Michelle M. Lockhart;Christopher M. Frampton

  • Selective targeting of an antioxidant to mitochondria

    Robin A. J. Smith;Carolyn M. Porteous;Carolyn V. Coulter;Michael P. Murphy

  • Lipophilic triphenylphosphonium cations as tools in mitochondrial bioenergetics and free radical biology.

    Meredith F Ross;Geoffrey Kelso;Frances H Blaikie;Andrew M James

  • Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants protect Friedreich Ataxia fibroblasts from endogenous oxidative stress more effectively than untargeted antioxidants.

    Matthias L. Jauslin;Thomas Meier;Robin A. J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Drug delivery to mitochondria: the key to mitochondrial medicine

    Michael P Murphy;Robin A.J Smith

  • Interactions of mitochondria-targeted and untargeted ubiquinones with the mitochondrial respiratory chain and reactive oxygen species. Implications for the use of exogenous ubiquinones as therapies and experimental tools.

    Andrew M. James;Helena M. Cochemé;Robin A.J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Superoxide activates mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 from the matrix side. Studies using targeted antioxidants.

    Karim S. Echtay;Michael P. Murphy;Robin A.J. Smith;Darren A. Talbot

  • Ferredoxin reductase affects p53-dependent, 5-fluorouracil–induced apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells

    Paul M. Hwang;Fred Bunz;Jian Yu;Carlo Rago

  • Superoxide activates uncoupling proteins by generating carbon-centered radicals and initiating lipid peroxidation: studies using a mitochondria-targeted spin trap derived from alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone.

    Michael P. Murphy;Karim S. Echtay;Frances H. Blaikie;Jordi Asin-Cayuela

  • Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidant MitoQ10 Improves Endothelial Function and Attenuates Cardiac Hypertrophy

    Delyth Graham;Ngan N. Huynh;Carlene A. Hamilton;Elisabeth Beattie

  • Mitochondria-Targeted Small Molecule Therapeutics and Probes

    Robin A.J. Smith;Richard C. Hartley;Michael P. Murphy

  • The mitochondria-targeted anti-oxidant mitoquinone decreases liver damage in a phase II study of hepatitis C patients.

    Edward J. Gane;Frank Weilert;David W. Orr;Geraldine F. Keogh

  • Antioxidant and prooxidant properties of mitochondrial Coenzyme Q

    Andrew M. James;Robin A.J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Targeting Antioxidants to Mitochondria by Conjugation to Lipophilic

    Michael P. Murphy;Robin A. J. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Murphy
Michael P. Murphy University of Cambridge
Andrew M. James
Andrew M. James MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Aleksandra Filipovska
Aleksandra Filipovska University of Western Australia
Ian M. Fearnley
Ian M. Fearnley University of Cambridge
Thomas Krieg
Thomas Krieg University of Cambridge
Jiri Neuzil
Jiri Neuzil Czech Academy of Sciences
Robert N. Lightowlers
Robert N. Lightowlers Newcastle University
Linda Partridge
Linda Partridge Max Planck Society
Bruce H. Lipshutz
Bruce H. Lipshutz University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul S. Brookes
Paul S. Brookes University of Rochester Medical Center

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