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MS ALISON COX



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital
Position: RESEARCH ASSISTANT
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Homepage: www.medstv.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 9288 2583
Fax: 9288 2581
Room: 308
Level: 03
Building: Clinical Sciences Block
Campus: St Vincents Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Kidney and cardiovascular complications associated with Diabetes Diabetes Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada University of Toronto Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science James Cook University of North Queensland 31-Dec-1978
Graduate Diploma Monash University 31-Dec-1982

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Diabetes Society Member 31-Dec-1995

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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

  • Increased renal gene transcription of protein kinase C-beta in human diabetic nephropathy: relationship to long-term glycaemic control
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 668-74
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  • Tranilast ameliorates experimental mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nephron Experimental Nephrology
    Volume: 109
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: e1-7
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Effects on protein kinase C-β inhibition on glomerular vascular endothelial growth factor expression and endothelial cells in advanced experimental diabetic nephropathy
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
    Volume: 293
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: F565-74
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  • Functional, structural and molecular aspects of diastolic heart failure in the diabetic (mRen-2)27 rat
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cardiovascular Research
    Volume: 76
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 280-91
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  • Role of VEGF in maintaining renal structure and function under normotensive and hypertensive conditions
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    Volume: 104
    Issue: 36
    Page numbers: 14448-14453
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  • Tranilast attenuates diastolic dysfunction and structural injury in experimental diabetic cardiomyopathy
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
    Volume: 293
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: H2860-9
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Combination therapy with tranilast and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition provides additional renoprotection in the remnant kidney model
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1954-60
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  • Renal expression and localization of the facilitative glucose transporters GLUT1 and GLUT12 in animal models of hypertension and diabetic nephropathy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
    Volume: 290
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: F205-13
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Inhibition of protein kinase C reduces left ventricular fibrosis and dysfunction following myocardial infarction
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
    Volume: 39
    Issue: (2)
    Page numbers: 213-221
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Tranilast attenuates cardiac matrix deposition in experimental diabetes: role of transforming growth factor-B
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cardiovascular Research
    Volume: 65
    Page numbers: 694-701
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A study of VEGF and its receptors in two rat models of proteinuria
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephron
    Volume: 96
    Page numbers: 26-36
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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  • Angiotensin-II induced proteinuria and expression of the podocyte slit pore membrane protein, nephrin
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 262-264
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Expression of apoptosis-related factors in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity after cyclosporine withdrawal
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 401-411
    Publisher: Blackwell Synergy(Shanghai)
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  • Platelet-derived growth factor receptor transactivation mediates the trophic effects of angiotensin II in vivo
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Hypertension
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 195-202
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Does vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) play a role in the pathogenesis of minimal change disease?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 2293-2299
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Mast cell infiltration and chemokine expression in progressive renal disease
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 64
    Page numbers: 906-913
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • STI-571 inhibits in vitro angiogenesis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
    Volume: 310
    Page numbers: 135-142
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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  • Tranilast attenuates vascular hypertrophy, matrix accumulation and growth factor overexpression in experimental diabetes
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Diabetes & Metabolism
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 386-392
    Publisher: Masson Editeur
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  • Vascular endothelial growth factor expression and glomerular endothelial cell loss in the remnant kidney model
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1286-92
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Attenuation of tubular apoptosis by blockade of the renin-angiotensin system in diabetic Ren-2rats
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 61
    Page numbers: 31-39
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Decreased matrix degradation in diabetic nephropathy: effects of ACE inhibition on the expression and activites of matrix metalloproteinases
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 268-275
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Expression of the slit-diaphragm protein, nephrin, in experimental diabetic nephropathy: differing effects of anti-proteinuric therapies
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 1327-1332
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Increased osteopontin expression following renal ablation is attenuated by angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonism
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Experimental Nephrology
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 19-25
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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  • Progression of tubulointerstitial injury by osteopontin-induced macrophage recruitment in advanced diabetic nephropathy of transgenic (mREN-2)27 rats
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 985-991
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Proteinuria and the expression of the podocyte slit diaphragm protein, nephrin, in diabetic nephropathy: effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 1572-1576
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Renal ischemia-reperfusion increases endothelial VEGFR-2 without increasing VEGF or VEGFR-1 expression
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1696-1706
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Aminoguanidine ameliorates overexpression of prosclerotic growth factors and collagen deposition in experimental diabetic nephropathy
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 2098-2107
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  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition attenuates renal platelet-derived growth factor gene expression and cell proliferation in subtotal nephrectomy.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Nephrology
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 290-297
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Effect of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade on experimental hepatic fibrogenesis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Hepatology
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 376-385
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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