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MS KARENA LAST



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: RESEARCH ASSISTANT
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Skeletal systems, arthritis, paediatrics arthritis Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Monash University 31-Dec-1989

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

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • ADAMTS5 is the major aggrecanase in mouse cartilage in vivo and in vitro
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Nature
    Volume: 434
    Issue: 7033
    Page numbers: 648-652
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  • Matrix Metalloproteinases Are Not Essential for Aggrecan Turnover during Normal Skeletal Growth and Development
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 3388-3399
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  • N-Linked keratan sulfate in the aggrecan interglobular domain potentiates aggrecanase activity.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 280
    Issue: 25
    Page numbers: 23615-23621
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  • Perlecan from human epithelial cells is a hybrid heparan/chondroitin/keratan sulfate proteoglycan
    Year: 2005
    Journal: FEBS Letters
    Volume: 579
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 5019-5023
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Publications in 2004

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Expression and characterisation of recombinant keratan sulphate-containing G1-G2
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Orthopaedic Research Society Conference 2004
    Conference Publication: Trans Orth Res Soc 2004
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 572
    Publisher: Orthopaedic Research Society(Dallas)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • ADAMTS4 cleaves at the aggrecanase site (Glu373-Ala374) and secondarily at the matrix metalloproteinase site (Asn341-Phe342) in the aggrecan interglobular domain
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume: 277
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 16059-16066
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Keratan sulphate in the aggrecan interglobular domain has a microstructure that is distinct from keratan sulphate elsewhere on aggrecan
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Orthopaedic Research Society
    Conference Publication: Trans Orthop Res Soc
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 232
    Publisher: Orthopaedic Research Society(Dallas)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Antibodies to MMP-cleaved aggrecan
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Methods in Molecular Biology
    Volume: 151
    Page numbers: 425-449
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