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Overview

Susan K. Nilsson is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with strong interdisciplinary engagements in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields, predominantly molecular biology, hematology, immunology, genetics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research themes cover several key topics, including:

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Notable recent publications by Susan K. Nilsson include:

  • Reprogramming roadmap reveals route to human induced trophoblast stem cells, 2020, Nature
  • Nicotinamide riboside attenuates age-associated metabolic and functional changes in hematopoietic stem cells, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Smad4 promotes diabetic nephropathy by modulating glycolysis and OXPHOS, 2020, EMBO Reports
  • High ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes are hematopoietic stem cells regulators and essential for platelet production, 2023, Nature Communications
  • The activity of early-life gene regulatory elements is hijacked in aging through pervasive AP-1-linked chromatin opening, 2024, Cell Metabolism

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Benjamin Cao
  • José M. Polo
  • Christian M. Nefzger
  • Shen Y. Heazlewood
  • Yu Sun

Key publication venues where their work has appeared are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • EMBO Reports
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Acta Biomaterialia

The scientist's research contributions address complex biological mechanisms relevant to hematopoietic stem cells, cellular metabolism, and gene regulation in aging. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates advanced molecular biology techniques and translational biomedical research.

Best Publications

  • Osteopontin, a key component of the hematopoietic stem cell niche and regulator of primitive hematopoietic progenitor cells.

    Susan K. Nilsson;Hayley M. Johnston;Genevieve A. Whitty;Brenda Williams

  • Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (CD106) is cleaved by neutrophil proteases in the bone marrow following hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

    Jean Pierre Lévesque;Yasushi Takamatsu;Susan K. Nilsson;David N. Haylock

  • Spatial localization of transplanted hemopoietic stem cells: inferences for the localization of stem cell niches

    Susan K. Nilsson;Hayley M. Johnston;Judi A. Coverdale

  • The over-expression of HAS2, Hyal-2 and CD44 is implicated in the invasiveness of breast cancer

    Lisanthi Udabage;Gary Russell Brownlee;Susan K Nilsson;Tracey Jean Brown

  • Endogenous fibroblastic progenitor cells in the adult mouse lung are highly enriched in the sca-1 positive cell fraction.

    Jonathan L. McQualter;Jonathan L. McQualter;Nathalie Brouard;Nathalie Brouard;Brenda Williams;Brenda Williams;Brandi N. Baird

  • Thrombin cleaved osteopontin regulates hemopoietic stem and progenitor cell functions through interactions with α9β1 and α4β1 integrins

    Jochen Grassinger;David N. Haylock;Melonie J. Storan;Gemma O. Haines

  • Immunofluorescence Characterization of Key Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Murine Bone Marrow In Situ

    Susan K. Nilsson;Michelle E. Debatis;Mark S. Dooner;Joseph A. Madri

  • Cells Capable of Bone Production Engraft from Whole Bone Marrow Transplants in Nonablated Mice

    Susan K. Nilsson;Mark S. Dooner;Heinz Ulrich Weier;Baruch Frenkel

  • Hyaluronan is synthesized by primitive hemopoietic cells, participates in their lodgment at the endosteum following transplantation, and is involved in the regulation of their proliferation and differentiation in vitro.

    Susan K. Nilsson;David N. Haylock;Hayley M. Johnston;Teresa Occhiodoro

  • Potential and Distribution of Transplanted Hematopoietic Stem Cells in a Nonablated Mouse Model

    Susan K. Nilsson;Susan K. Nilsson;Mark S. Dooner;Mark S. Dooner;Candi Y. Tiarks;Candi Y. Tiarks;Heinz Ulrich Weier;Heinz Ulrich Weier

  • Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to HOXA+ hemogenic vasculature that resembles the aorta-gonad-mesonephros

    Elizabeth S Ng;Elizabeth S Ng;Lisa Azzola;Freya F Bruveris;Freya F Bruveris;Vincenzo Calvanese

  • Osteopontin: a bridge between bone and blood.

    David N Haylock;Susan K Nilsson;Susan K Nilsson

  • Validating Eaton's Hypothesis: Cubane as a Benzene Bioisostere

    Benjamin A Chalmers;Hui Xing;Sevan Houston;Charlotte Clark

  • The relationship between bone, hemopoietic stem cells, and vasculature

    Sarah Lynne Ellis;Sarah Lynne Ellis;Sarah Lynne Ellis;Jochen Grassinger;Allan Jones;Judy Borg

  • Antisense-Mediated Suppression of Hyaluronan Synthase 2 Inhibits the Tumorigenesis and Progression of Breast Cancer

    Lisanthi Udabage;Gary Russell Brownlee;Mark Waltham;Tony Blick

  • Membrane-bound stem cell factor is a key regulator in the initial lodgment of stem cells within the endosteal marrow region

    Rebecca L Driessen;Hayley M Johnston;Susan K Nilsson

  • Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Mobilization Results in Hypoxia with Increased Hypoxia-Inducible Transcription Factor-1α and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A in Bone Marrow

    Jean‐Pierre Lévesque;Ingrid G. Winkler;Jean Hendy;Brenda Williams

  • Reprogramming roadmap reveals route to human induced trophoblast stem cells.

    Xiaodong Liu;Xiaodong Liu;Xiaodong Liu;John F. Ouyang;Fernando J. Rossello;Jia Ping Tan;Jia Ping Tan;Jia Ping Tan

  • Adhesion receptor expression by hematopoietic cell lines and murine progenitors: modulation by cytokines and cell cycle status.

    Pamela S. Becker;Susan K. Nilsson;Zhifang Li;Virla M. Berrios

  • Lymphohematopoietic Engraftment in Minimally Myeloablated Hosts

    F.M. Stewart;S. Zhong;J. Wuu;C.-c. Hsieh

Frequent Co-Authors

David N. Haylock
David N. Haylock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jose M. Polo
Jose M. Polo Monash University
Peter J. Quesenberry
Peter J. Quesenberry Brown University
David A. Winkler
David A. Winkler La Trobe University
Ryan Lister
Ryan Lister University of Western Australia
Paul J. Simmons
Paul J. Simmons The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jean-Pierre Levesque
Jean-Pierre Levesque University of Queensland
Peter G. Parsons
Peter G. Parsons QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
James S. McCarthy
James S. McCarthy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Michael T. Ryan
Michael T. Ryan University of Sydney

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