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A/PROF PAUL DESMOND



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: www.medstv.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 9288 3580
Fax: 9288 2581
Level: 04
Building: Daly Wing
Campus: St Vincents Hospital

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Medical Association Member 31-Dec-1999
Member Gastroenterology Society of Australia Member 31-Dec-1999
Member American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Member 31-Dec-1999

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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
Medical Postgraduate Scholarship: The significance of the Hepatitis B E Antigen in determining outcomes in treated and untreated patients with Hepatitis B Principal Supervisor NHMRC Scholarships 01/01/2009

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

Journal Articles

  • Distribution of serotonin receptors and interacting proteins in the human sigmoid colon
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Neurogastroenterology and Motility
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 564-573
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Characterization of the innate immune signalling pathways in hepatocyte cell lines


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Viral Hepatitis
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 888-900
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  • Glycosylation changes in hFUT1 transgenic mice increase TCR signaling
    and apoptosis resulting in thymocyte maturation arrest


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Immunology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 2401-10
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  • Changing landscape of antiviral resistance management in chronic hepatitis B
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1314-7
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  • Confocal endomicroscopy for in vivo detection of microvascular architecture in normal and malignant lesions of upper gastrointestinal tract
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 56-61
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  • Defective hepatitis B virus DNA is not associated with disease status but is reduced by polymerase mutations associated with drug resistance
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Hepatology
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 741-9
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  • Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration when combined with positron emission tomography improves specificity and overall diagnostic accuracy in unexplained mediastinal lymphadenopathy and staging of non-small-cell lung cancer
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 837-44
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  • Glycosylation changes in hFUT1 transgenic mice increase TCR signaling
    and apoptosis resulting in thymocyte maturation arrest
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Immunology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 2401-10
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Alterations of food antigen-specific serum immunoglobulins G and E antibodies in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 623-30
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  • Comparison of 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 receptor expression and function in the circular muscle of the human colon
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Life Sciences
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 13
    Page numbers: 1198-1205
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  • Health professionals' attitudes toward caring for people with hepatitis C
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Viral Hepatitis
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 624-32
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  • Human 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 receptor splice variants: are they important?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Current Neuropharmacology
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 224-231
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  • Lamivudine resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis B: Role of clinical and virological factors
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1078-85
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  • Regulation of Toll-Like Receptor-2 Expression in Chronic Hepatitis B by the Precore Protein
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Hepatology
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 102-110
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  • The Phenotype of Hepatitis B Virus-Specific T Cells Differ in the Liver and Blood in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Hepatology
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 1332-1340
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  • Viral hepatitis an A, B, C guide
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Medicine Today
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 47-56
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Alterations in cerebral potentials evoked by rectal distention and drinking ice water in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1844-9
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  • Experience of endoscopic ultrasound in an Australian tertiary hospital
    Year: 2006
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 76
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1075-80
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  • The effect of erythromycin on video capsule endoscopy intestinal-transit time
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 262-6
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  • Visceral hypersensitivity following cold water intake in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 311-317
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Associations between Liver Histology & Severity of the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Diabetes Care
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 1222-12224
    Publisher: American Diabetes Association(Virginia)
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  • Capsule endoscopy's vs. push enteroscopy and enteroclysis in suspected small-bowel Crohn's disease
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 255-261
    Publisher: Mosby
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  • Chronic hepatitis B: recommendations for therapy based on the natural history of disease in Australian patients
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Virology
    Volume: 32(2)
    Page numbers: 122-127
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Practical difficulties in the management of hepatitis B in the Asia-Pacific Region
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 19(9)
    Page numbers: 958-969
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Prospective study of the clinical impact of EUS
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    Volume: 62(3)
    Page numbers: 399-405
    Publisher: Mosby
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  • The accuracy of EUS-FNA in assessing mediastinal lymphadenopathy and staging patients with NSCLC
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Respiratory Journal
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 410-415
    Publisher: European Respiratory Society Journals(Sheffield)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Altered immune system glycosylation causes colitis in α1,2-fucosyltransferase transgenic mice
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 546-556
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • Efficacy and safety of two-dose regimens of peginterferon alpha-2a compared with interferon alfph-2a in chronic hepatits C: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Journal of Gastroenterology
    Volume: 99
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1298-1305
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Philadelphia)
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  • Hepatitis C: a medical and social diagnosis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Nursing Journal
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 23-25
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  • Practical difficulties inthe management of hepatitis B in the Asia-Pacific region
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 958-969
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Visceral perception thresholds after rectal thermal and pressure stimuli in irritable bowel syndrome patients
    Year: 2004
    Journal: European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 19
    Page numbers: 187-191
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Distinctive patterns of gene expression in premalignant gastric mucosa and gastric cancer
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Cancer Research
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 2569-2577
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  • Effect of the G1896A precore mutation on drug sensitivity and replication yield of lamivudine-resistant HBV in vitro
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Hepatology
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 27-35
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • Effects of interferon alpha therapy on the catalytic domains of the polymerase gene and basal core promoter, precore and core regions of hepatitis B virus
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 630-637
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Initial experience with capsule endoscopy at a major referral hospital
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 178
    Page numbers: 537-540
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Prospective assessment of the diagnostic and therapeutic impact of small-bowel push enteroscopy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Endoscopy
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 951-956
    Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Emerging therapies of hepatitis B and C
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 17
    Issue: Suppl
    Page numbers: S471-S481
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  • Factors associated with severity of hepatic fibrosis in people with chronic hepatits C infection
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 177
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 240-245
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Hepatotoxicity of antimicrobial agents
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Seminars in Liver Disease
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 157-167
    Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers(New York)
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  • Introduction of Lamivudine for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: Expected Clinical and Economic Outcomes Based on 4-year Clinical Trial Data
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 153-164
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Prospective assessment of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for noninvasive imaging of the biliary tree
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    Volume: 55
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 17-22
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  • Push enteroscopy: a single centre experience and review of published series
    Year: 2002
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 215-218
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • UDP glucuronosyltransferase mRNA levels in human liver disease
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Drug Metabolism & Disposition
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 129-134
    Publisher: American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics(Maryland)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Changes in hepatitis C-related liver disease in a large clinic population.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 90-96
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  • Fas-mediated hepatocyte apoptosis is increased by hepatitis C virus infection and alcohol consumption, and may be associated with hepatic fibrosis: mechanisms of liver cell injury in chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Viral Hepatitis
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 406-413
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  • Investigation of potential iatrogenic transmission of hepatitis C in Victoria, Australia.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 241-244
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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  • Liver Toxicity. Could this be a drug reaction?
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 427-431
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  • Use of an overtube for enteroscopy - Does it increase depth of insertion? A prospective study of enteroscopy with and without an overtube.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Endoscopy
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 227-230
    Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag
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