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A/PROF TIMOTHY HEWITSON



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Organization: Medicine - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Mechanisms of renal scarring Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2010

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 2009

Book Chapters

  • Immuno and lectin histochemistry for renal light microscopy


    Year: 2009
    Book: Methods in Molecular Biology
    Publisher: Humana Press(New Jersey)
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  • Usingi in situ hybridisation to localize renal gene expression in tissue sections


    Year: 2009
    Book: Methods in Molecular Biology
    Publisher: Humana Press(New Jersey)
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  • SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry-based protein profiling of kidney tissue
    Year: 2009
    Book: Methods in Molecular Biology
    Publisher: Humana Press(New Jersey)
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  • Small animal models of kidney disease: a review
    Year: 2009
    Book: Methods in Molecular Biology
    Publisher: Humana Press
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Journal Articles

  • Relaxin inhibits renal myofibroblast differentiation via RXFP1, the nitric oxide pathway, and Smad2
    Year: 2009
    Journal: FASEB Journal
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 1219-29
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  • Aldosterone in clinical nephrology--old hormone, new questions
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 2316-2321
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  • Phosphate levels--time for a rethink?
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 2321-2324
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  • Relaxin activates multiple cAMP signaling pathway profiles in different target cells
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 108-11
    Page numbers: 108-11
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  • Relaxin and the progression of kidney disease
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 9-14
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  • Renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis: common but never simple
    Year: 2009
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
    Volume: 296
    Page numbers: F1239-F1244
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Relaxin ameliorates fibrosis in experimental diabetic cardiomyopathy


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 149
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 3286-93
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Collecting duct epithelium and injury: not all cells are created equal
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 914-915
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  • Drugs of the future: the hormone relaxin
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
    Volume: 64
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1539-1557
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  • Endogenous relaxin is a naturally occurring modulator of experimental renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 148
    Page numbers: 660-669
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  • Fibroblast differentiation in wound healing and fibrosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Review of Cytology
    Volume: 257
    Page numbers: 143-179
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  • Role of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and mTOR pathways in the regulation of renal fibroblast function and differentiation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 206-219
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Endogenous relaxin is a naturally occurring modulator of experimental renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 148
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 660-669
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  • Implementation of a pre-dialysis clinical pathway for patients with chronic kidney disease.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 145-151
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  • Role of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and mTOR pathways in the regulation of renal fibroblast function and differentiation.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 206-219
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Impact of statin treatment on 1-year functional and histologic renal allograft outcome
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Transplantation
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 332-338
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Relaxin regulates collagen overproduction associated with experimental progressive renal fibrosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1041
    Page numbers: 182-184
    Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences(New York)
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  • Thrombin is a pro-fibrotic factor for rat renal fibroblasts in vitro
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Nephron Experimental Nephrology
    Volume: 1-1
    Page numbers: e42-e49
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Intracellular cyclic nucleotide analogues inhibit in vitro mitogenesis and activation of fibroblasts derived from obstructed rat kidneys
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Experimental Nephrology
    Volume: 96
    Page numbers: e59-e66
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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  • Relaxin down-regulates renal fibroblast function and promotes matrix remodelling in vitro
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 544-552
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Relaxin-1-deficient mice develop an age-related progression of renal fibrosis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 2054-2064
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Parathyroid hormone has a prosclerotic effect on vascular smooth muscle cells
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 27-33
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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