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DR RACHAEL DEAN



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Austin Health and Northern Health
Position: RESEARCH OFFICER
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Work: 9496 2602
Fax: 9497 4554
Building: No Building
Campus: Repatriation Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Diabetes Heart, fibrosis, cytokines, growth factors, renin-angiotensin system Australia
Heart failure Heart, fibrosis, cytokines, growth factors, renin-angiotensin system, myocardial infarction Australia
Renal failure Heart, fibrosis, cytokines, growth factors, renin-angiotensin system, nephrectomy Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
University of Melbourne (Honours) University of Melbourne 30-Nov-1992
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 30-Nov-1997

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia Member 01-Jan-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Acute kidney injury in the rat causes cardiac remodelling and increases angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expression
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Experimental Physiology
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 622-630
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  • Early undernutrition leads to long-lasting reductions in body weight and adiposity whereas increased intake increases cardiac fibrosis in male rats.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Nutrition
    Volume: 138
    Page numbers: 1622-1627
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • ACE2 and Diabetic Complications
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Current Pharmaceutical Design
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 26
    Page numbers: 2730-2735
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  • Upregulation of hepatic angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and angiotensin-(1-7) levels in experimental biliary fibrosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Hepatology
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 387-395
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Connective tissue growth factor and cardiac fibrosis after Myocardial infarction
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 1245-1256
    Publisher: Histochemical Society(Seattle)
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  • Myocardial infarction increases ACE2 expression in rat and humans
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Heart Journal
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 369-375
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A breaker of advanced Glycation end products attenuates diabetes-induced myocardial structural changes
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Circulation Research
    Volume: 92
    Page numbers: 785-792
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Differential tissue and enzyme inhibitory effects of the vasopeptidase inhibitor omapatrilat in the rat
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Clinical Science
    Volume: 105
    Page numbers: 339-345
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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  • Upregulation of cardiac insulin-like growth factor-I receptor by ACE inhibition after myocardial infarction: potential role in remodeling
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 831-839
    Publisher: Histochemical Society(Seattle)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Inhibition of peptidases in the control of blood pressure
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Essays in Biochemistry
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 129-139
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Evidence for cardioprotective, renoprotective, and vasculoprotective effects of vasopeptidase inhibitors in disease
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Current Hypertension Reports
    Publisher: Current Science(London)
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