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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
116
Citations
50683
World Ranking
749
National Ranking
18

Medicine

D-Index
116
Citations
50949
World Ranking
4346
National Ranking
118

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Roland Stocker is affiliated with The Heart Research Institute in Australia. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on multiple specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Physiology.

The scientist's main areas of study concentrate on several key topics, such as:

  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Roland Stocker has contributed to numerous publications with a notable presence in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Redox Biology
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Nature Communications

Among the recent papers by or associated with Roland Stocker are:

  • Hmox1 (Heme Oxygenase-1) Protects Against Ischemia-Mediated Injury via Stabilization of HIF-1α (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α), 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • The role of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in insulin resistance, 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • AGPAT2 interaction with CDP-diacylglycerol synthases promotes the flux of fatty acids through the CDP-diacylglycerol pathway, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Bilirubin deficiency renders mice susceptible to hepatic steatosis in the absence of insulin resistance, 2021, Redox Biology
  • Highly Efficient Activatable MRI Probe to Sense Myeloperoxidase Activity, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Collaborations with other scientists are reflected in frequent co-authorships with:

  • Sergey Tumanov
  • James Nadel
  • Stephanie M.Y. Kong
  • Anita Ayer
  • Nicola Giannotti

Best Publications

  • Bilirubin is an antioxidant of possible physiological importance

    Roland Stocker;Yorihiro Yamamoto;Antony F. McDonagh;Alexander N. Glazer

  • Role of Oxidative Modifications in Atherosclerosis

    Roland Stocker;John F. Keaney

  • Biochemistry and pathology of radical-mediated protein oxidation

    Roger T. Dean;Shanlin Fu;Roland Stocker;Michael J. Davies

  • Antioxidant defenses and lipid peroxidation in human blood plasma.

    Balz Frei;Roland Stocker;Bruce N. Ames

  • Ubiquinol-10 protects human low density lipoprotein more efficiently against lipid peroxidation than does alpha-tocopherol

    Roland Stocker;Vincent W. Bowry;Balz Frei

  • Antioxidant activity of albumin-bound bilirubin.

    Roland Stocker;Alexander N. Glazer;Bruce N. Ames

  • Tocopherol-mediated peroxidation. The prooxidant effect of vitamin E on the radical-initiated oxidation of human low-density lipoprotein

    Vincent W. Bowry;Roland Stocker

  • Clinical Relevance of Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress

    Jeroen Frijhoff;Paul Graham Winyard;Neven Zarkovic;Sean Ss Davies

  • Presence of hypochlorite-modified proteins in human atherosclerotic lesions.

    Linda J. Hazell;Leslie Arnold;Dimity Flowers;Georg Waeg

  • Free and albumin-bound bilirubin are efficient co-antioxidants for alpha-tocopherol, inhibiting plasma and low density lipoprotein lipid peroxidation.

    J Neuzil;R Stocker

  • Vitamin E in human low-density lipoprotein. When and how this antioxidant becomes a pro-oxidant.

    V W Bowry;K U Ingold;R Stocker

  • High density lipoprotein is the major carrier of lipid hydroperoxides in human blood plasma from fasting donors.

    Vincent W. Bowry;Keith K. Stanley;Roland Stocker

  • Insulin resistance is a cellular antioxidant defense mechanism

    Kyle L Hoehn;Adam B Salmon;Cordula Hohnen-Behrens;Nigel Turner

  • Characterization of an indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-like protein found in humans and mice.

    Helen J. Ball;Angeles Sanchez-Perez;Silvia Weiser;Christopher J.D. Austin

  • Human Atherosclerotic Plaque Contains Both Oxidized Lipids and Relatively Large Amounts of α-Tocopherol and Ascorbate

    Cacang Suarna;Roger T. Dean;James May;Roland Stocker

  • Kynurenine is an endothelium-derived relaxing factor produced during inflammation.

    Yutang Wang;Hanzhong Liu;Hanzhong Liu;Gavin McKenzie;Paul K. Witting

  • Autoxidation of lipids and antioxidation by alpha-tocopherol and ubiquinol in homogeneous solution and in aqueous dispersions of lipids: unrecognized consequences of lipid particle size as exemplified by oxidation of human low density lipoprotein

    Keith U. Ingold;Vincent W. Bowry;R. Stocker;Cheves Walling

  • Rapid isolation of lipoproteins and assessment of their peroxidation by high-performance liquid chromatography postcolumn chemiluminescence.

    Wolfgang Sattler;Detlef Mohr;Roland Stocker

  • Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein with hypochlorite causes transformation of the lipoprotein into a high-uptake form for macrophages

    L J Hazell;R Stocker

  • Antioxidant activities of bile pigments.

    Roland Stocker

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul K. Witting
Paul K. Witting University of Sydney
David S. Celermajer
David S. Celermajer Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Nicholas H. Hunt
Nicholas H. Hunt University of Sydney
Kevin D. Croft
Kevin D. Croft University of Western Australia
Jiri Neuzil
Jiri Neuzil Czech Academy of Sciences
Roger T. Dean
Roger T. Dean Western Sydney University
Michael J. Davies
Michael J. Davies University of Copenhagen
Mark J. Raftery
Mark J. Raftery University of New South Wales
Bruce N. Ames
Bruce N. Ames University of California, Berkeley
Karlheinz Peter
Karlheinz Peter Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

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