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PROF GAVIN BECKER



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Organization: Medicine - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Medicine Monash University

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

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

  • Small animal models of kidney disease: a review
    Year: 2009
    Book: Methods in Molecular Biology
    Publisher: Humana Press
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Journal Articles

  • Aldosterone in clinical nephrology--old hormone, new questions
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 2316-2321
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  • Automated reporting of eGFR: a useful tool for identifying and managing kidney disease
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 190
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 200-203
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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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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Anti-CD20 antibody in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura refractory to plasma exchange.


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 329-332
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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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  • Neurology of Fabry disease.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 436-437
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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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  • Systemic and vascular inflammation is elevated in early IgA and Type 1 diabetic nephropathies and relates to vascular disease risk factors and renal function
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 2420-2426
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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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

  • Haemoglobin response to subcutaneous versus intravenous epoetin alfa admininstration in iron-replete haemodialysis patients
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephrology
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 153-160
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • 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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  • Suspected urinary leak in a renal transplant patient with unusual collecting system anatomy
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Clinical Nuclear Medicine
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 592-594
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Which albumin should we measure?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 66
    Page numbers: S16-S17
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Accelerated progression of calcific aortic stenosis in dialysis patients
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Nephron Clinical Practice
    Volume: 94
    Page numbers: c40-c45
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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  • 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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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Acute renal failure following ingestion of wild mushrooms
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 187-190
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Endothelin and endothelin A/B receptors are increased after ischaemic acute renal failure
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Experimental Nephrology
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 309-316
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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  • Hyaluronan and rat renal fibroblasts: in vitro studies
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Nephron
    Volume: 88
    Page numbers: 347-353
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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  • Pharmacological intervention in renal fibrosis and vascular slcerosis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Nephrology
    Publisher: Wichtig Editore(Milan)
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  • Relaxin and renal fibrosis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 59
    Page numbers: 1184-1185
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Simultaneous blockade of endothelin A and B receptors in ischemic acute renal failure is detrimental to long-term kidney function
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 59
    Page numbers: 1333-1341
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Sirolimus does not potentiate indices of chronic cyclosporin nephrotoxicity
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Transplantation Proceedings
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 1061-1063
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(New York)
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  • Treatment of renovascular disease with percutaneous stent insertion: Long-term outcomes
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 438-443
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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