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Nigral dopaminergic PAK4 prevents neurodegeneration in rat models of Parkinson's disease

Won SY, Park MH, You ST, Choi SW, Kim HK, McLean C, Bae SC, Kim SR, Jin BK, Lee KH, Shin EY, Kim EG

(2016), Sci Transl Med, 8(367)

Rubidium and potassium levels are altered in Alzheimer's disease brain and blood but not in cerebrospinal fluid

Roberts BR, Doecke JD, Rembach A, Yévenes LF, Fowler CJ, McLean CA, Lind M, Volitakis I, Masters CL, Bush AI, Hare DJ; AIBL research group

(2016), Acta Neuropathol Commun, 4(1)

Isavuconazole as salvage therapy for mucormycosis

Graves R, Morrissey CO, Wei A, Coutsouvelis J, Ellis S, Pham A, Gooi J, Ananda-Rajah M

(2016), Med Mycol Case Rep, 11

An assessment of clinical pathways and missed opportunities for the diagnosis of nodular melanoma versus superficial spreading melanoma

Cicchiello M, Lin MJ, Pan Y, McLean C, Kelly JW

(2016), Australas J Dermatol, 57(2)

Interferon beta-1a long-term therapy related to pulmonary arterial hypertension in multiple sclerosis patients

Fok A, Williams T, McLean CA, Butler E

(2016), Mult Scler J, 22(11)

Testicular loss following bacterial epididymo-orchitis:case report and literature review

Fehily SR, Trubiano JA, McLean C, Teoh BW, Grummet JP, Cherry CL, Vujovic O

(2015), Can Urol Assoc J, 9(3-4), E148-51

INPP4B is highly expressed in prostate intermediate cells and its loss of expression in prostate carcinoma predicts for recurrence and poor long term survival

Rynkiewicz NK, Fedele CG, Chiam K, Gupta R, Kench JG, Ooms LM, McLean CA, Giles GG, Horvath LG, Mitchell CA

(2015), Prostate, 75(1), 92-102

Probable fenofibrate-induced acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

Power AE, Graudins LV, McLean CA, Hopper I

(2015), Am J Health Syst Pharm, 72(23), 2061-3

Immunological markers for prognostication in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia

Ling VY, Lee D, McQuilten Z, Avery S, Low M, Cody SH, Nguyen T, McLean C, Gorniak M, Wei A, Ting SB

(2015), Am J Hematol, 90(12), E219-20

Autoimmune disease leading to pulmonary AL amyloidosis and pulmonary hypertension

Ellender CM, McLean C, Williams TJ, Snell GI, Whitford HM

(2015), Respirol Case Rep, 3(2), 78-81

Activation of the erythroid K-Cl cotransporter Kcc1 enhances sickle cell disease pathology in a humanized mouse model

Brown FC, Conway AJ, Cerruti L, Collinge JE, McLean C, Wiley JS, Kile BT, Jane SM, Curtis DJ

(2015), Blood, 126(26), 2863-70

Tools for translational epigenetic studies involving formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human tissue: applying the Infinium HumanMethyation450 Beadchip assay to large population-based studies

Wong EM, Joo JE, McLean CA, Baglietto L, English DR, Severi G, Hopper JL, Milne RL, FitzGerald LM, Giles GG, Southey MC

(2015), BMC Res Notes, 8, 543

Rab1-dependent ER–Golgi transport dysfunction is a common pathogenic mechanism in SOD1, TDP-43 and FUS-associated ALS

Soo KY, Halloran M, Sundaramoorthy V, Parakh S, Toth RP, Southam KA, McLean CA, Lock P, King A, Farg MA, Atkin JD

(2015), Acta Neuropathol, 130(5), 679-97

The inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase PIPP regulates AKT1-dependent breast cancer growth and metastasis

Ooms LM, Binge LC, Davies EM, Rahman P, Conway JR, Gurung R, Ferguson DT, Papa A, Fedele CG, Vieusseux JL, Chai RC, Koentgen F, Price JT, Tiganis T, Timpson P, McLean CA, Mitchell CA

(2015), Cancer Cell, 28(2), 155-69

Genome-wide association study of corticobasal degeneration identifies risk variants shared with progressive supranuclear palsy

Kouri N, Ross OA, Dombroski B, Younkin CS, Serie DJ, Soto-Ortolaza A, Baker M, Finch NC, Yoon H, Kim J, Fujioka S, McLean CA, Ghetti B, Spina S, Cantwell LB, Farlow MR, Grafman J, Huey ED, Ryung Han M, Beecher S, Geller ET, Kretzschmar HA, Roeber S, Gearing M, Juncos JL, Vonsattel JP, Van Deerlin VM, Grossman M, Hurtig HI, Gross RG, Arnold SE, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM, Wenning GK, White CL, HÖglinger GU, Müller U, Devlin B, Golbe LI, Crook J, Parisi JE, Boeve BF, Josephs KA, Wszolek ZK, Uitti RJ, Graff-Radford NR, Litvan I, Younkin SG, Wang LS, Ertekin-Taner N, Rademakers R, Hakonarsen H, Schellenberg GD, Dickson DW

(2015), Nat Commun, 6, 7247

Is the logopenic-variant of primary progressive aphasia a unitary disorder?

Leyton CE, Hodges JR, McLean CA, Kril JJ, Piguet O, Ballard KJ

(2015), Cortex, 67, 122-33

Inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase II (INPP4B) is associated with chemoresistance and poor outcome in AML

Rijal S, Fleming S, Cummings N, Rynkiewicz NK, Ooms LM, Nguyen NY, Teh TC, Avery S, McManus JF, Papenfuss AT, McLean C, Guthridge MA, Mitchell CA, Wei AH

(2015), Blood, 125(18), 2815-24

Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

Michailidou K, Beesley J, Lindstrom S, Canisius S, Dennis J, Lush MJ, Maranian MJ, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Shah M, Perkins BJ, Czene K, Eriksson M, Darabi H, Brand JS, Bojesen SE, Nordestgaard BG, Flyger H, Nielsen SF, Rahman N, Turnbull C; BOCS, Fletcher O, Peto J, Gibson L, dos-Santos-Silva I, Chang-Claude J, Flesch-Janys D, Rudolph A, Eilber U, Behrens S, Nevanlinna H, Muranen TA, Aittomäki K, Blomqvist C, Khan S, Aaltonen K, Ahsan H, Kibriya MG, Whittemore AS, John EM, Malone KE, Gammon MD, Santella RM, Ursin G, Makalic E, Schmidt DF, Casey G, Hunter DJ, Gapstur SM, Gaudet MM, Diver WR, Haiman CA, Schumacher F, Henderson BE, Le Marchand L, Berg CD, Chanock SJ, Figueroa J, Hoover RN, Lambrechts D, Neven P, Wildiers H, van Limbergen E, Schmidt MK, Broeks A, Verhoef S, Cornelissen S, Couch FJ, Olson JE, Hallberg E, Vachon C, Waisfisz Q, Meijers-Heijboer H, Adank MA, van der Luijt RB, Li J, Liu J, Humphreys K, Kang D, Choi JY, Park SK, Yoo KY, Matsuo K, Ito H, Iwata H, Tajima K, Guénel P, Truong T, Mulot C, Sanchez M, Burwinkel B, Marme F, Surowy H, Sohn C, Wu AH, Tseng CC, Van Den Berg D, Stram DO, González-Neira A, Benitez J, Zamora MP, Perez JI, Shu XO, Lu W, Gao YT, Cai H, Cox A, Cross SS, Reed MW, Andrulis IL, Knight JA, Glendon G, Mulligan AM, Sawyer EJ, Tomlinson I, Kerin MJ, Miller N; kConFab Investigators; AOCS Group, Lindblom A, Margolin S, Teo SH, Yip CH, Taib NA, Tan GH, Hooning MJ, Hollestelle A, Martens JW, Collée JM, Blot W, Signorello LB, Cai Q, Hopper JL, Southey MC, Tsimiklis H, Apicella C, Shen CY, Hsiung CN, Wu PE, Hou MF, Kristensen VN, Nord S, Alnaes GI; NBCS, Giles GG, Milne RL, McLean C, Canzian F, Trichopoulos D, Peeters P, Lund E, Sund M, Khaw KT, Gunter MJ, Palli D, Mortensen LM, Dossus L, Huerta JM, Meindl A, Schmutzler RK, Sutter C, Yang R, Muir K, Lophatananon A, Stewart-Brown S, Siriwanarangsan P, Hartman M, Miao H, Chia KS, Chan CW, Fasching PA, Hein A, Beckmann MW, Haeberle L, Brenner H, Dieffenbach AK, Arndt V, Stegmaier C, Ashworth A, Orr N, Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Brinton L, Garcia-Closas M, Zheng W, Halverson SL, Shrubsole M, Long J, Goldberg MS, Labrèche F, Dumont M, Winqvist R, Pylkäs K, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Grip M, Brauch H, Hamann U, Brüning T; GENICA Network, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Bernard L, Bogdanova NV, DÖrk T, Mannermaa A, Kataja V, Kosma VM, Hartikainen JM, Devilee P, Tollenaar RA, Seynaeve C, Van Asperen CJ, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Jaworska K, Huzarski T, Sangrajrang S, Gaborieau V, Brennan P, McKay J, Slager S, Toland AE, Ambrosone CB, Yannoukakos D, Kabisch M, Torres D, Neuhausen SL, Anton-Culver H, Luccarini C, Baynes C, Ahmed S, Healey CS, Tessier DC, Vincent D, Bacot F, Pita G, Alonso MR, Álvarez N, Herrero D, Simard J, Pharoah PP, Kraft P, Dunning AM, Chenevix-Trench G, Hall P, Easton DF

(2015), Nat Genet, 47(4), 373-80

Common germline polymorphisms associated with breast cancer-specific survival

Pirie A, Guo Q, Kraft P, Canisius S, Eccles DM, Rahman N, Nevanlinna H, Chen C, Khan S, Tyrer J, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Lush M, Dunning AM, Shah M, Czene K, Darabi H, Eriksson M, Lambrechts D, Weltens C, Leunen K, van Ongeval C, Nordestgaard BG, Nielsen SF, Flyger H, Rudolph A, Seibold P, Flesch-Janys D, Blomqvist C, Aittomäki K, Fagerholm R, Muranen TA, Olsen JE, Hallberg E, Vachon C, Knight JA, Glendon G, Mulligan AM, Broeks A, Cornelissen S, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Schumacher F, Le Marchand L, Hopper JL, Tsimiklis H, Apicella C, Southey MC, Cross SS, Reed MW, Giles GG, Milne RL, McLean C, Winqvist R, Pylkäs K, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Grip M, Hooning MJ, Hollestelle A, Martens JW, van den Ouweland AM, Marme F, Schneeweiss A, Yang R, Burwinkel B, Figueroa J, Chanock SJ, Lissowska J, Sawyer EJ, Tomlinson I, Kerin MJ, Miller N, Brenner H, Butterbach K, Holleczek B, Kataja V, Kosma VM, Hartikainen JM, Li J, Brand JS, Humphreys K, Devilee P, Tollenaar RA, Seynaeve C, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Ficarazzi F, Beckmann MW, Hein A, Ekici AB, Balleine R, Phillips KA; kConFab Investigators, Benitez J, Zamora MP, Perez JI, Menéndez P, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Gronwald J, Durda K, Hamann U, Kabisch M, Ulmer HU, Rüdiger T, Margolin S, Kristensen V, Nord S; NBCS Investigators, Evans DG, Abraham J, Earl H, Poole CJ, Hiller L, Dunn JA, Bowden S, Yang R, Campa D, Diver WR, Gapstur SM, Gaudet MM, Hankinson S, Hoover RN, Hüsing A, Kaaks R, Machiela MJ, Willett W, Barrdahl M, Canzian F, Chin SF, Caldas C, Hunter DJ, Lindstrom S, Garcia-Closas M, Couch FJ, Chenevix-Trench G, Mannermaa A, Andrulis IL, Hall P, Chang-Claude J, Easton DF, Bojesen SE, Cox A, Fasching PA, Pharoah PD, Schmidt MK

(2015), Breast Cancer Res, 17, 58

Investigation of gene-environment interactions between 47 newly identified breast cancer susceptibility loci and environmental risk factors

Rudolph A, Milne RL, Truong T, Knight JA, Seibold P, Flesch-Janys D, Behrens S, Eilber U, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Dunning AM, Shah M, Munday HR, Darabi H, Eriksson M, Brand JS, Olson J, Vachon CM, Hallberg E, Castelao JE, Carracedo A, Torres M, Li J, Humphreys K, Cordina-Duverger E, Menegaux F, Flyger H, Nordestgaard BG, Nielsen SF, Yesilyurt BT, Floris G, Leunen K, Engelhardt EG, Broeks A, Rutgers EJ, Glendon G, Mulligan AM, Cross S, Reed M, Gonzalez-Neira A, Arias Perez JI, Provenzano E, Apicella C, Southey MC, Spurdle A; kConFab Investigators; AOCS Group, Häberle L, Beckmann MW, Ekici AB, Dieffenbach AK, Arndt V, Stegmaier C, McLean C, Baglietto L, Chanock SJ, Lissowska J, Sherman ME, Brüning T, Hamann U, Ko YD, Orr N, Schoemaker M, Ashworth A, Kosma VM, Kataja V, Hartikainen JM, Mannermaa A, Swerdlow A; GENICA-Network, Giles GG, Brenner H, Fasching PA, Chenevix-Trench G, Hopper J, Benítez J, Cox A, Andrulis IL, Lambrechts D, Gago-Dominguez M, Couch F, Czene K, Bojesen SE, Easton DF, Schmidt MK, Guénel P, Hall P, Pharoah PD, Garcia-Closas M, Chang-Claude J

(2015), Int J Cancer, 136(6), E685-96